“Are you f…… serious?” Commuter reacts to news of seven week highway closure.

Following a briefing, Auckland's new mayor has renewed calls for those at the helm of council-controlled organisations to stand down.

Latest data shows the BA.5 variant accounts for 75% of cases, its lowest level for two months. A new subvariant, BA.4.6 variant's share rose sharply to 15%.

It's with a "heavy heart" that The Barkery serves its last puppuccino and closes its doors, but owner Jack Penniket hopes another dog-lover will take it on.

Agencies allowed a father who went on to kill his baby boy unsupervised access, despite the child being seriously injured a month before his death.

It began with a message from someone claiming to be her son in a stressed situation. Now a Timaru woman is $3000 out of pocket and urging others to be vigilant.

While Nobby Clark is yet to officially be sworn in as Invercargill's mayor he arrived at the council’s civic administration building on Monday morning ready to put his plans for the next three years in action.

The ladder, which was used as a perch for The Wizard's speeches, was trapped in the earthquake-damaged Christ Church Cathedral.

The IPCA report into Ngata's death found a string of failures by officers, including leaving a spit hood on Ngata while he was alone in a cell.

An Auckland GP says he was trying to help patients with ADHD navigate an expensive, time-consuming process, but a lawyer says he "ignored" the rules.

If you were looking for the least spectacular place for a fugitive drug-runner to come unstuck, this would be near top of the list.

Bay of Plenty bus drivers are set to become some of the highest paid in the country after an agreed wage hike to $28 an hour.

About 250 whales are stranded on Pitt Island, just days after 215 were put down after floundering in the same area.

The streets around Christchurch’s planned stadium are in line for a $33 million overhaul, but business are upset and new mayor Phil Mauger wants to delay the work.

Heavy rain and winds have halted firefighting efforts, but the showers may help finish off what the crews have already achieved.

Paul Eagle is moving on from his failed mayoral campaign like a spurned lover, changing up his social media accounts and refusing to talk to anyone but his closest confidantes about what went wrong.

The Ministry of Health quietly updated its website on Monday evening to show 1800 more new cases than it reported earlier in the day.

The sportsman, who has represented New Zealand internationally, will keep his name a secret after admitting assaulting his former partner.

A woman alleges a man sexually violated and indecently assaulted her in Southland, but the man has denied it.

Russell Cullen was cycling with a kārearea plushie, a symbol of his chosen charity. After he died, his friend took it the rest of the way to Bluff.