After being attacked by the rector of St Patrick's College Silverstream at the age of 15, a man still chasing justice in his 80s says the government should control a redress scheme.

Multiple police officers are attending an incident in the Auckland suburb of Clendon Park.

A gap in the law is allowing lax controls on puppy farming and dog breeding, and new legislation is desperately needed, an industry association says.

Wellington City Council has approved a cycleway which will connect the Botanic Gardens to the inner city.

Middlemore Hospital is apologising to patients seen by a man pretending to be a doctor and contacting each one.

An accomplished space scientist is now grounded on home detention for offences described as a determined campaign to break, humiliate and embarrass a woman he knew.

Te Tai Tokerau children finishing primary school have the worst tooth decay in the country.

Environment Southland is urging people in Gore, Wyndham and Mataura to be prepared for flooding events as evacuations could be triggered at a lower river level than previous floods.

Two teenagers have been arrested and charged after a woman was shot earlier this week in central Auckland.

Crowds gathered at Auckland International Airport today to welcome home the first lot of Kiwi athletes after a record-breaking Commonwealth Games.

The debilitating effects of identity fraud committed by a drug-using former Waka Kotahi contract worker left a victim without his corporate career and forced to rely on his parents for accommodation.

A third person has been charged with murder in connection with the death of Taranaki farm worker Jacob Ramsay.

A 17m long dead sperm whale has washed up on Rabbit Island, near Nelson.

There are 4818 new cases of Covid-19 in the community today and there are 571 in hospital with the virus.

Westport residents have had their first opportunity to question experts about a potentially ground-breaking business case to ease severe flooding in the town over the next hundred years.

Talkback host Marcus Lush is to stand for the Invercargill mayoralty.

Waikato District Council is imploring members of its district to enter this year's local body elections.

A man and four young people face charges after a ram-raid, a robbery and burglary in the Bay of Plenty.