Two friends described to a court today how they were groped in bed by the same man, whose lawyer argued they had confused what happened.

An MBIE report on one of the dozens of data centres being set up in New Zealand says it will create a number of well-paid ongoing jobs but its impact on the region's transition will be "limited".

Residents between Nelson and Rai Valley have expressed shock at not being warned about a seven-week closure along a stretch of State Highway 6.

New research on the diets of tuatara living on Takapourewa/Stephens Island reveals that larger individuals are eating a surprising amount of seabirds - or at least seabird matter.

The founder of a charity dedicated to helping Kiwi children affected by poverty says there is record demand for its food in schools as the cost-of-living crisis bites.

Auckland mayor Wayne Brown has asked the city's water management company and council boss to stop work on Three Waters.

Hato Hone St John hopes to train 10,000 people around the country this month in CPR with the aim of increasing the survival rate of those who have cardiac arrests.

The number of people recorded as hospitalised with Covid-19 throughout the pandemic has risen by more than 5000 after a review found a coding error led to an undercount.

Gisborne residents have been told to avoid the Lytton Rd area as police respond to an incident at a residential property.

Wellington commuters say the cancellation of 67 bus services due to a driver shortage is just another disruption to an already unreliable system.

A 35-year-old man has been charged with murdering Dunedin man Sean Buis.

The Ministry of Health is reporting 14,311 new community cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand in the past week.

Defeated Gore District mayor Tracy Hicks is seeking a recount after losing to 23-year-old Ben Bell by just eight votes.

The former boxer says he's saddened and disheartened by the theft of produce worth at least $10,000 from the busy foodbank he runs in Auckland.

The emergency department of one of New Zealand's biggest hospitals has been slammed as unsafe for patients and staff in a damning new report.

Te Rūnanga ā iwi o Ngāpuhi's former chairperson Raniera Tau is on trial for sex charges.

A 70-year-old woman in remission from incurable cancer has won a promise from ACC that she won't have to battle for treatment when the disease inevitably comes back.

A 20-year-old man has appeared in court following a fatal stabbing at the weekend.