The lowest daily number of cases were reported since February, ahead of Cabinet's decision on Covid traffic light restrictions.

An adult entertainer who performed at a Southland stag party discovered she had been filmed when the video was shared around at her day job.

A mother was spared jail but the father was not. Now, he's appealed to the country's highest court.

In the heart of Marlborough wine country, a flag carrying the N-word appeared on a Black Power gang pad. The president said its use was out of respect to his elders. Police said it was demeaning to people of colour, and wanted it banned.

Several investigations are under way looking into how four women and a man were killed after the boat they were in capsized.

Two "non cavers" found themselves dangling over a 70-metre drop after an ill-advised foray into a huge cave system underneath Tākaka Hill.

Authorities lifted the warning about toxic smoke after a fire ripped through a plastic recycling storage plant in Levin on Sunday morning.

Students are outraged about the home detention sentence for an 18-year-old rapist, says the organiser of a Saturday's peaceful protest in Wellington.

Police are hunting a driver of a vehicle who struck a man, seriously injuring him, before driving off.

The prosecution has been put on hold indefinitely due to concerns for the 84-year-old's deteriorating mental health.

A member of the public has located a body after police asked the Tokomaru Bay community to look out for the woman.

Jacinda Ardern hasn't visited Northland since January, despite a devastating storm. Some locals say that's not good enough.

A motorcyclist died in a crash involving a tractor near Palmerston North.

A recycling contract that hovered prominently over the 2019 Invercargill council election has resurfaced three years on, in time for the 2022 election debate.

The Christchurch theatre company will raise the curtain this week on its first show for three years, after the pandemic put the brakes on a series of productions.

The New Zealand accession proclamation ceremony formally acknowledges that New Zealand has a new King.

Peter Hockley's daughter was told her father had been in the cabin of the fishing charter boat alongside the other four victims when it capsized.

Phil Mauger has double the edge on David Meates in a new poll surveying 500 people, but Meates thinks he can still win as a huge chunk of voters remain undecided.

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A historic ceremony marked the accession of the new king, as a 21-gun salute rang out.