Last year saw the highest-ever recorded greenhouse gases, ocean heat and global sea level rises, a new report shows.

A former Gloriavale woman says the Christian community's leaders thought they were above the law.

Victoria University of Wellington has become the first university in Aotearoa to prohibit intimate relationships between staff and students.

It is unacceptable that painful restraint methods are still be used to control people with intellectual disabilities at the Mason Clinic in Auckland, the chief ombudsman says.

Binge-drinking off-duty police officers deployed to Waitangi Day commemorations breached their code of conduct, an investigation has found.

A ram raid relief fund welcomed as an effective quick fix for battling dairy owners has paid out no money in more than three months.

It is expected to be a warm spring overall, but with some cool temperatures this month.

Porirua City Council is moving forward with its flood retreat policy, but how it will be financed is still uncertain.

Six people, including four teenagers, have been arrested after a spate of car thefts in the Manawatū region over the past few weeks.

New Zealand is now one of the few remaining countries to require face masks on flights - but a move to the green light level could see that rule scrapped.

The main road into the suburb of Korokoro near Petone is closed after a slip has come down, blocking both lanes.

Police have identified the body found in Lake Rotorua on Tuesday as a missing kayaker.

There are 2066 new community cases of Covid-19 and 286 are in hospital including three in ICU, the Ministry of Health says.

Opponents of a dam development in Central Hawke's Bay say a regional council decision to defer consent fees is a concern for the future.

Waka Kotahi says a convoy of about 10 tractors is heading towards the city at 60 km/h causing mild congestion.

An ex-New Zealand soldier fighting in Ukraine says the Russians have been sharing passport and ID images of an American who died alongside New Zealander Dominic Abelen.

Thousands more children are going to school each day as Covid-19 case numbers drop.

A second person has been arrested following a smash and grab in central Auckland this week.