Watch: Why is the world passing New Zealand by on drug law reform? Guyon Espiner: Wasted is an RNZ documentary special on the cost of our decades-long war on drugs.

This New Zealand couple bought a small-scale mining claim and spend every winter digging for precious gems, but what is married life like when you're working 12 metres underground in Queensland?

The Immunisaton Advisory Centre is reassuring people there are no safety concerns with blood from donors who have been vaccinated against Covid-19.

The Kaipara District Council's first meeting since the local election has kicked off with a bit of verbal biffo between the mayor and a Māori ward councillor.

Pressure is building at urgent care clinics with more patients coming through the doors, and not enough staff to keep up.

Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri are looking towards the future after striking an agreement in principle for a Treaty settlement with the Crown.

The lead-up to Christmas, with its social gatherings and end-of-year parties, will be a risky period for infections, a Covid-19 modeller says.

Sanna Marin is visiting New Zealand and has been speaking to media alongside Jacinda Ardern.

The NZSIS will pay Nicky Hager $66,400 in compensation and legal fees after it illegally took his phone records in 2012.

There will be a full hearing next week into a baby at the centre of a High Court case taken by Te Whatu Ora over the parents' insistence he is treated with blood from a donor not vaccinated against Covid-19.

Deliveries in the lead-up to Christmas could be delayed after NZ Post pulls its fleet of electric vehicles.

A person has been left in a critical condition after a two-vehicle crash south of Hokitika.

The mysterious destruction of an old biodiversity hut in Te Urewera while a court injunction is in place has highly concerned some locals and conservationists.

A tornado has taken down powerlines and trees and lifted a roof in the Hauraki District this afternoon - one resident said he saw corrugated iron roofing flying through the air.

The woman who was extradited from South Korea has appeared in court in Auckland charged with murdering her two children.

A half-billion-dollar programme to deliver better community and primary mental health care is still failing to reach tens of thousands of people.

Severe winds have slowed traffic on Auckland's Harbour Bridge this afternoon.

Eighty Canterbury businesses have signed a joint letter calling on the government for help with crime.