The whisteblower who unmasked bogus psychiatrist Linda Astor 25 years ago is shocked that a man with no medical qualifications was able to work at Middlemore Hospital this year.

There is a sense gang members have been reluctant to engage with the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care. That is something the Waikato chapter of the Mongrel Mob is out to change.

The New Zealand Defence Force is standing by its decision not to suspend a male staffer accused of drunkenly groping four women at a team building event.

Two people have been badly injured in a light plane crash near Murchison in the Tasman region.

A report has found almost 40 percent of New Zealanders seek health advice online before seeing a professional, but such sources may be less trusted than in pre-Covid times.

The number of new daily community cases has fallen to 3650 today, but another 27 deaths of people with Covid-19 have also been reported.

A near-miss between a freight train and a bus in Christchurch is now subject to an investigation by the Transport Accident Investigation Commission.

A political analyst says people who would have voted for Leo Molloy in Auckland's mayoral election may now turn to Efeso Collins, because both candidates have working-class appeal.

The government has unveiled what it is calling a radical plan to overhaul reading, writing and maths teaching after two decades of sliding literacy rates.

Extra police will be on duty in the Auckland suburb of Clendon Park over the weekend, in relation to the discovery of human remains on Thursday.

A swimming coach who drowned while stand-up paddleboarding for the first time wasn't able to untie the safety leash attached to her ankle.

South of Auckland, Papakura-Clevedon Road remains closed after an accident early this morning.

The search for a missing teenager whose kayak was found on Lake Rotorua continues today.

Several heavy downpours over the past month have helped to fill hydro lakes close to their brim.

Dame Lynda Topp joins a host of new names seeking a seat on the Ashburton District Council, which is set for a changing of the guard with four current councillors not standing for re-election.

The wellbeing of people in Rotorua is getting worse by most measures, a new report says. An iwi leader says "you can't put any sugar over this" - but there are ways to address the issues.

The Detail - New Zealand's age of criminal responsibility is lower than many other countries around the world and Amnesty International wants the government to change that.

National has branded the government's two-year $20 million measles catch-up campaign as a failure that can't solely be blamed on Covid-19.