Communities across the Marlborough and Buller districts continue to recover, a year on from severe flooding in the region.

The 25-cent cut in petrol excise duty and half-price public transport fares will be extended into next year, the government has confirmed this afternoon.

One person has died after a crash near Te Awamutu this evening.

Nelson City Council will reopen part of Elma Turner Library next week, more than a month after it closed due to earthquake risk.

Weather warnings are in place for most of the South Island - with strong wind and heavy rain forecast for the coming days.

A 18-year-old man has been stabbed in the chest and two others have been assaulted during an incident overnight in Hamilton.

A group opposing emergency housing on Rotorua's motel strip says a fourth fire in seven months is unacceptable.

New Zealand sprinter Zoe Hobbs has broken her own Oceania women's 100m record to place second and advance to the semi-finals at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon.

Canterbury residents are being warned to prepare for significant rainfall from this afternoon until Tuesday.

Travel agents are working with resorts to help tourists in several Pacific Islands after huge ocean swells caused flooding and damaged hotels.

GPs are concerned antiviral treatments for Covid-19 could cause reactions in patients with comorbidities.

Companies must stop glamorising alcohol in order to reduce its harm on the community, an alcohol harm expert says.

It is becoming more likely there could be flooding in the north and drought in the south of Aotearoa this summer, a climate scientist says.

Another 6223 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in New Zealand today, along with 22 further deaths.

The two victims found shot dead at a West Auckland address yesterday were a father and daughter.

Travellers will soon be able to jet over to Invercargill Airport from the central city using a new shared pathway.

Emergency services are trying to free a person trapped in a vehicle, following a two-car crash in Waikato.

Devonport ferries are to be included in Auckland's public transport network after 18 months of discussion, but fares are unlikely to change any time soon.