Aotearoa/New Zealand band Six60 kicked off its Australian tour differently to any other show back home, with the sound of the didgeridoo ringing out.

Single-use produce bags are to be phased out by Countdown - the first New Zealand supermarket chain to do so.

An employment expert says the errors made in TVNZ's hiring of Kamahl Santamaria shows the danger of employing friends or former colleagues.

No traffic lights, no tar seal and an 80 km/h speed limit - that's driving Chatham Islands style.

Giant carnivorous land snails are the newest species to move into Nelson's Brook Waimārama Sanctuary.

Traffic is backed up on Auckland's northwestern motorway due after a vehicle caught fire under the St Luke's Road bridge.

The seven-day rolling average of new case numbers continue to rise, with 6460 new community cases reported today, as well as 20 further deaths.

Stephen Butcher believes driver's licence photos are the "mark of the beast".

All cancers should be recognised by ACC as occupational hazards, the firefighters' union says.

Ready Player One? Otago Museum is transforming into an interactive game zone as part of its latest exhibition.

Communities suffered because of healthcare worker recruitment and retention failures by DHBs, sector leaders say, but they're sceptical of new reforms.

The new Ministry for Disabled People will give a much needed voice at the highest level, a new disability rights advocate says.

A resident says the sale of the Coulter Road Reserve for housing would crush "the heart and soul" of the local community.

Locals in a Hawke's Bay community are devastated and angry at the SPCA's decision to close its local centre.

A 39-year-old man is due to appear in the Whakatāne District Court today in relation to a large seizure of methamphetamine.

Searchers are out again looking for a man missing for more than a week from Maruia Falls, in the Tasman district.

Police are working to find the driver of a vehicle in a crash that has closed State Highway 41 at the southern end of Lake Taupō.

Hundreds of demonstrators protesting against the US Supreme Court's ruling on abortion law have marched on the American embassy in Wellington.