Police have identified the two children whose bodies were found in suitcases from an abandoned storage unit in Manurewa, but they still can not be named.

The Defence Force says 94 staff across all the whole military are on leave without pay, and it does not know how many may be in Ukraine.

The Public Service Commissioner has apologised to survivors at the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care this afternoon.

Auckland's total water storage is now officially at 100 percent for the first time since 2017.

Workers have been locked out at New Zealand's only domestic toilet paper producer, but Consumer NZ says there's no need to panic buy.

Police suspect Tom Phillips and his three young children, who went bush eight months ago, may have started new lives somewhere else in the country.

Five people were taken to hospital after a gas explosion at a building site in Auckland's Wynyard Quarter this morning.

Auckland police are appealing for public assistance in locating Patricia Ann Aldridge who has a warrant out for her arrest.

Firefighters across the country walked off the job for an hour today in their second strike action for better pay, increased staffing levels, increased mental health support and safer work procedures.

There are 2318 new cases of Covid-19 in the community ,with the seven-day rolling average of community case numbers dropping below the 3000 mark today, the Ministry of Health says.

Fifteen people have been arrested in Manawatū during the past fortnight as police crack down on crimes targeting vehicles.

The government does not know where the body of a New Zealand soldier killed in Ukraine is, including whether it is being held by Russians.

Police are urging people to carefully secure their valuables, after recovering a haul of stolen property in Christchurch. Tens of thousands of dollars of stolen property, linked to several recent...

Darryl Evans employed three family members, including his son who lived at the food bank, and when some were allegedly involved in a physical altercation, no action was taken, according to records.

Two men have been arrested following a spate of burglaries and car thefts across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty.

There have been repeated warnings Te Pūkenga is poorly-prepared to take over most industry training organisations and all 16 polytechnics from the start of 2023.

Nelson authorities are desperate to hear from anyone who can offer accommodation for people displaced from flooded or slip-damaged homes.

Thousands of school kids are getting a taste of literary life and what it takes to be an author at the Auckland Writers Festival this week.