First person - RNZ reporter Leah Tebbutt details what lies inside New Zealand's only Mormon temple, which has been shrouded in secrecy for the last 64 years.

The NZ Drug Foundation is proposing a three year pilot programme that executive director Sarah Helm says will take drug use off the streets and into safe, medically-supervised settings.

Scott Phillips is satanist and an "extreme wedding" celebrant. He's also standing for Whanganui District Council.

The immigration minister says visa processing is going very well and these teams periodically are brought in to increase performance but the National Party says it suggests something is wrong.

A former Gloriavale member has told the court her treatment at the Christian community made her suicidal, during a harrowing testimony on Wednesday.

Police have today opened public submissions on proposed regulations for the new Firearms Registry, which is set to be in place by June 2023.

A man at the centre of a 30-hour siege with armed police was allegedly in a civil dispute over possession of the Levin house he was living in.

A Napier man has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges alleging that he impersonated a medical practitioner and performed operations he was not permitted to do.

Firefighters have agreed to suspend any further strikes as they agree to enter into facilitated mediation for better pay and conditions.

The Nelson and Tasman regions will move out of a state of emergency and into the official recovery phase this afternoon.

A Ministry of Health staff member has been questioned about training and information available to Covid-19 vaccinators on the second day of a coronial inquest into Rory Nairn's death.

A truck that caught fire on Auckland's Southern motorway is being towed and debris cleared from the road.

A teenager who fatally punched another teen in a supermarket car park made a rap song bragging about the crime while he was in custody.

The Department of Corrections is investigating the circumstances around one of its prison officers sending an email for an inmate with political aspirations.

Black Caps all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme has announced his retirement from international cricket.

A fatal fight between two senior Mongrel Mob members, which saw one stabbed to death, was due to the theft of a safe containing $250,000.

The Auckland Council Group's latest results show it has managed to weather the worst of the pandemic's storm.

A North Island mother sent her son to Christchurch after a gang pestered her 14-year-old for a year until he joined them.