New Zealand has the fifth largest proportion of birds at threat of extinction globally, in the grimmest release of The State of the World's Birds report yet.

Auckland commuters have been slow to return to public transport with many still working from home at least part of the week, unwilling to risk a service that is still too hit and miss for many workers.

It's not everyday that you run into an 11-year-old lawn mowing contractor, but then again New Plymouth youngster Kayden Wallis-Potroz is not your everyday kid.

Today marked the beginning of a new chapter for children's health with the opening of a centre in Wellington which will provide special care for families from Hawke's Bay and Taranaki, to Marlborough.

Hundreds of shoppers fled as a masked group robbed a jewellery store at the Westfield Albany mall in Auckland this evening.

This week Sam looks at the latest anticipated release from Netflix - the Marilyn Monroe psychological biopic Blonde.

Radio host General Lee broke down in tears on air remembering his friend and fellow DJ who died, aged 46.

Gloriavale Christian community received almost $5 million in government money in the 2021 financial year, while its church trust held more than $4 million in cash, a court has heard.

Police are continuing to investigate the death of Korrey Whyman, after she died from a gunshot wound in Rotorua earlier this week.

An off-duty police officer has been charged with drink driving causing death after a cyclist was killed earlier this month in the Auckland suburb of Flat Bush.

A safety alert has gone out about wheels flying off school mobile dental clinics.

Police are warning of increasing incidents of extortion where young people are targeted on social media by overseas offenders.

Police say they have arrested five people and seized guns and drugs in an operation targeting gang activity across Tāmaki Makaurau.

Police have announced they are reopening the borehole drilling operation at the Pike River Mine to ensure the investigation team can determine what caused the first explosion in 2010.

A qualified neurosurgeon could be lost to the South, after Lucas Rakasz failed to convince a district court judge to immediately accredit him to work in this country.

Waitaki Boys' High School's grounds are being swallowed by the sea, with up to a metre and a half now lost each year.

There is concern that tens of thousands of people recently granted residency could miss out on voting in the local body elections.

Three men charged after a Pōneke rugby player was bashed have all either been discharged without conviction or had their charges dismissed.