Households on tight budgets could come under even more pressure if the official cash rate rises again tomorrow.

A husband and wife diagnosed with lung cancer within months of each other are crowd funding treatments to stay alive as long as they can for their young sons.

Two marine pests have been discovered at Rakiura Stewart Island, including one that has never been found in Southland before.

A judge says Whangārei is at risk of looking lawless after a weekend brawl in the city centre, which could turn tourists off and leave retailers struggling financially.

Christchurch City Council has secured a fixed price for a highly-controversial stadium.

People who live at Selwyn Huts in Canterbury have been asked to evacuate, there are power outages on the West Coast, and flooding in Northland as wild weather lashes the country

Another 19 people have died with Covid-19 and there are 11,548 new community cases, the Ministry of Health reports.

An urgent non-publication order has been placed on the independent review into the culture at Arise Church.

Police have arrested two gang members after a man was shot in Rolleston, near Christchurch.

The Otago Regional Council is cutting back its bus timetable in Dunedin and Queenstown to reduce cancellations and improve reliability.

The ministry says there is no evidence of community transmission from this case.

Some principals are wary of revealing the new equity index numbers that are replacing decile numbers as the measure of socio-economic disadvantage in their schools.

The Independent Police Conduct Authority also ruled custody officers at the Counties Manukau station did not provide appropriate care when the woman complained of pain.

One person has died in a car crash in Taupō this morning.

Two men carried out a daylight theft of the jewellery store in Auckland, the owner says.

The government must fast-track residency for foreign aged care nurses to avoid further crisis in the sector, a provider says.

Nursing graduates are having to wait weeks between finishing their study and starting work despite the health sector's staffing crisis.

Plans to introduce more fresh air into Auckland's bus fleet to reduce the risk of Covid-19 transmission were abandoned due to cost.