Three people - all members of the Tribesmen gang - have been arrested in relation to a serious assault on the Waikato Expressway on 11 March.

The man charged with helping a woman accused of murder says they dug a grave to bury Dale Watene in a Southland forest while her children were playing and walking nearby.

East Auckland residents say they have been bounced between clinics and are waiting hours on end for urgent after-hours health care.

The justice system is forcing the police to put a price on something they regard as priceless.

A community leader co-ordinating a response for the family of those killed in a devastating crash says there's been overwhelming interest to provide support.

Another 17 people have died with Covid-19 and there are 5630 new community cases, the Ministry of Health says.

Rogue employment advocates are being called out by the Employment Relations Authority for giving people poor advice, sometimes leaving them with thousands of dollars in costs.

Police want to find witnesses after a man was threatened with a gun in Gisborne on Friday and chased down the street.

An investigation is underway after a man was shot and seriously wounded near Matamata early this morning.

A man has been arrested over the theft of an ATM in Napier.

On Monday Haast was the warmest place in the country, reaching 16C, while Waiouru was the coldest with its warmest temperature only 5C.

More investment is needed in maintaining and upgrading the country's road network instead of focusing solely on reducing speeds, the Transporting New Zealand chief executive says.

A Dunedin secondary school has bought a lakeside lodge near Te Anau to help provide pupils with more opportunities.

The Minister of Police says he is looking at what other changes and resources the police may need in order to tackle the escalation in gang violence.

KiwiRail has fixed a fault which led to major disruptions of Wellington train services, says chief executive David Gordon.

Four years after Waka Kotahi was slammed for not doing its job of keeping roads safe, a core unit of it has been labelled so ineffective it is being pulled apart.

Hundreds "if not thousands" waiting for surgery in Wellington and the Hutt Valley will be affected as the DHBs defer most planned services for another four weeks.

Auckland GPs say they are fatigued and overworked as an overflow of winter patients diverted from emergency departments knock on their doors.