Te Whatu Ora's board chair is "disturbed and concerned" by the loss of 24-hour doctor access at Rāwene Hospital, but remains unapologetic.

Endangered Māui dolphins appear to be adapting their diet because of climate change, scientists say.

A pilot who crashed a light plane near Thames this afternoon is believed to have suffered sunstrike before hitting power lines.

A man is thought to have fallen from a bulk carrier off the Otago coast.

A motorcyclist has died in a single vehicle crash at Wairakei, near Taupō.

Last year, DOC introduced new rules which set the season from 1 September to 30 October, with Chatham Islands being the only place in New Zealand exempted.

Truck and tractor drivers taking short cuts are being blamed for causing hundreds of thousands of dollars of damage to Taranaki landmarks.

Daily community Covid-19 cases have fallen below 2000, with 1394 cases reported today by the Ministry of Health.

As many as 400 people offered to help clean up damage in Nelson from last week's storm.

The SPCA expects to desex 30,0000 animals over two years in a campaign to combat the overpopulation of dogs and cats.

University staff need a pay rise that keeps up with inflation, their representatives say.

Contact Energy is ruling out any major changes to its management of Lake Dunstan following news the Otago Regional Council will review parts of electricity giant's consent to operate Clyde Dam.

Unite union members at Auckland's SkyCity have walked off the job as part of their campaign for better pay.

Two 24-year-old men have been sentenced to home detention after robbing a 95-year-old man on Christmas Eve.

A Gisborne mayoral candidate is standing by a controversial picture on social media which shows him standing in a hazmat suit with a swastika on the front.

The idea that keeping profits in the country automatically creates value for New Zealanders is by no means a given, Martien Lubberink writes.

Sam Uffindell denies terrifying a flatmate but admits beating a younger student during his school days. He says boarding schools were full of 'rough and tumble'. Was violence and bullying really par for the course?

A former Celebration member believes deliverance - the Pentecostal equivalent of exorcism - has been used to replace counselling, medical care, and even law enforcement at the controversial church.