With his property surrounded by slips, a Nelson man has come up with a homegrown solution to measuring the risk.

After going missing from her Māngere home early on Tuesday morning, 75-year-old Tagisia Sanelivi has been found dead.

Government will force Countdown and Foodstuffs to sell groceries to rival retailers at prices set by regulation if they fail to voluntarily supply their competition adequately.

Royal commission's just-released Care to Custody report directly links state care to incarceration, proving what abuse in care survivors have known for years.

The Speaker-elect gained a standing ovation from all sides of the House when elected.

Brandon Jarden, 24, was "probably not on this planet" when a meth-binge culminated in school lockdowns and an armed police response.

Events at the 10-day festival involve skiing, comedy, karaoke and drag shows - but no sex - the organiser says.

A lack of snow and low visitor numbers have seen Ruapehu Alpine Lifts lay off about a third of its staff on the mountain and temporarily close the Tūroa skifield.

The Outdoors and Freedom Party says it has not agreed to enter into a political alliance with Destiny Church-aligned Vision NZ, as claimed by church leader Brian Tamaki.

There were reports someone armed with a knife plunged an Auckland school into lockdown, but the principal says "no weapons were involved”.

Survey reveals which region in Aotearoa is the happiest, as well as the most common characteristics of happy people.

Workers at the country's only toilet paper manufacturing plant have been locked out amid a pay dispute.

Jules Burns continues to deny his "extremely violent" murder of Susan Sutherland in 2005 - despite DNA evidence - but could be sent home in 2023.

A community panel set up to find a solution for the traffic issues in a Mt Maunganui cul-de-sac is determined to reach its goal but members are aware of the challenges they face.

The rolling seven-day average of both new community cases and hospitalisations continue to trend down.

If the development of New Plymouth’s cool stores doesn’t go ahead, the site risks remaining ‘derelict’ and ‘a blot on the city’s landscape’, an independent commissioner has warned.

The health sector is finally breaking up with the 80s technology, with Andrew Little announcing a shift to e-prescriptions by the end of the year.

Vodafone has about 70,000 customers on 3G network that will be turned off in 2024 .

The Defence Force says the soldier was on leave without pay, and not on active duty, at the time of their death.

The same day serious allegations about their behaviour surfaced at the Royal Commission of Inquiry, Oranga Tamariki acted to remove staff member from child-facing role.