Travellers face extra risks as the sector winds back up, and with increasing numbers heading for tropical destinations an industry figure is warning to 'travel with care'.

A housing inquiry found rents are rising faster than income and inflation and about half of tenants spent 30 percent or more of their take-home income on housing.

Many children have been let down by police responses to abuse in state care, says the police commissioner.

Frustrated Rotorua business owners believe the amount of emergency housing in the city is contributing to a recent spate of ram raids.

Emergency departments in Christchurch are at capacity and people with non-urgent conditions are having to wait.

An Auckland surgeon has been charged with the murder of his wife who was found dead in her home in April last year.

A top jockey who drunkenly indecently assaulted another man has lost a bid to escape conviction.

The wife of Destiny Church's leader Brian Tamaki has posted on social media that she has been issued an infringement notice.

Another 21 people with Covid-19 have died while there are 4811 new community cases of the virus, the Ministry of Health says.

Smart cameras have seen 50,000 drivers using their phones or not wearing their seatbelts on Auckland roads but they won't get tickets.

Bus operators are furious with the government's plans to allow council ownership of bus services.

A Christchurch councillor has called for school board election rules to be tightened after a white supremacist jailed for sharing Christchurch terror attack footage put his name forward.

Police have recovered the car believed to have been involved in a Dunedin man's death.

Auckland's minor mayoralty candidates are arguing they are not being given a fair shake in comparison to their high profile counterparts.

A man has been charged with murdering Pauline Hanna who was found dead in Remuera, Auckland, in April last year.

Forecast heavy rain is leaving Buller residents anxious and frustrated, as it threatens more floods in the hard-hit region.

Auckland Mayor Phil Goff says the newly-released Transport Emissions Reduction Plan is "hugely ambitious" but it is achievable.

Whanganui Hospital failed to adequately treat a man for an ear infection which eventually killed him, with one doctor assuming he was on meth, the Health and Disability Commission has found.