System operator says generators have heeded its call to increase their output to reduce the risk of power cuts.

Auckland Council has spent more than $56 million on external legal fees since 2018.

The centre will give New Zealand a significant time advantage in the face of crisis and remove the significant on-call work burden for staff.

District health boards banded together and wrote a letter to MBIE warning of staffing shortages. Was anyone listening?

More than 30 tips have been received after police released 15 protester images, while one man has appeared in court on rioting and assault charges.

The person's name was mentioned numerous times during the trial of an Auckland businessman convicted of indecent assault and corruption.

A car found wedged in a pedestrian walkway and littered with lollies is connected to the vandalism of a school’s sports field, police say.

Simon O'Connor explains why he took down a controversial social media post, and says National MPs could if they wanted put forward a private member's bill on abortion law.

Three emails sent from the same IP address threatened an attack on a university graduation ceremony, with police unable to "neutralise" the threat, emails reveal.

Labour-endorsed Paul Eagle says he will be leaving the signs up until this weekend, as he had planned.

One person was taken to hospital after the crash in wet and misty conditions in suburban Johnsonville.

The controversial charge comes after a council spent nearly $1.5 million repairing logging truck-damaged roads.

Police were notified of an attempted robbery at a popular Dunedin dairy at 6.43pm.

Vigilance is needed to ensure the procedure remains safe and accessible in New Zealand, trailblazing doctor Dame Margaret Sparrow says.

Police searching for a North Shore man who has been missing since Sunday have found a body near the shoreline in the Greenhithe area.

A newlywed couple are “praying to the social media gods” to recover items from their wedding which have apparently been donated to charity.

The meeting was held last week, but on Tuesday the council would not say why it took place or what was discussed.

A man who allegedly murdered a stranger in Christchurch was an inpatient at Hillmorton Hospital. The victim’s grieving husband wants to know why he was out in the community.

A Southland woman whose sister was brutally murdered has reached millions of people through social media posts highlighting the reality of domestic violence.

When his tenants refused an illegal eviction, a landlord and his family members entered her home, taking a refigerator and cutting a water pipe.