The Kaikōura woman ignored numerous chances to comply with the Food Act, the council says.

A provisional agreement has been reached with a drug supplier to fund Trikafta for those with cystic fibrosis, Pharmac says.

The prime minister has apologised to Ngāti Maniapoto for more than 150 years of treaty breaches.

Fire and Emergency is reminding people to take extra care when lighting fires after several planned vegetation burns got out of control in Southland recently.

Work has started on installing a new fabric roof on the West Stand at Yarrow Stadium in New Plymouth.

Christchurch woman Harriet Watson wants more people to understand the disease that affects one in 10 women in New Zealand.

A person is dead after a crash in which a car is understood to have a hit a traffic light in central Auckland.

Police have arrested two people following an aggravated robbery at a store on Karangahape Road, Auckland, about 4pm on Sunday .

A person has critical injuries after a collision involving a vehicle and a pedestrian on Ghuznee Street, Te Aro, Wellington.

The package will help councils build more bus stops, cycleways and bus lanes as part of measures to deal with climate change.

A motorcyclist who was speeding and fled from police died after running a red light and crashing into a ute in the Auckland suburb of Takanini, police say.

Police searching for a man who has been missing in the Wairoa River have found a body.

Auckland's water supply is looking healthy in the leadup to summer, with reservoirs almost completely full.

A young man's fake Tinder persona of an attractive blonde woman was so convincing he managed to persuade an active police officer to hand over his patrol car and body armour vest.

Tech giants Google and Meta will be forced to pay a "fair price" to New Zealand media companies for the local news content they share on their platforms, under new government legislation.

Hundreds of people from the Chinese community gathered for a vigil at Aotea Square last night to mourn the lives lost under China's stringent Covid-19 lockdowns and to call for an end to the country's Zero Covid policy.

The SPCA says some dog owners are still under-estimating the risk of leaving their pets in vehicles on warm days.

The loss of longer stay backpacker beds is taking a toll on Queenstown's staffing shortages, a hostel owner says.