The new guidance published last week, and described as a review of current evidence, has been criticised by patients and advocacy groups.

The discovery of three more Oriental fruit flies is not unexpected and shows surveillance is working, Biosecurity NZ says,

Harwoods Hole at the top of the South Island has been permanently closed over safety concerns.

A woman was threatened by a group of six at an Auckland train station before her belongings were stolen, police say.

Three naval officers face a court martial.

Christopher Luxon has again refused to be drawn on whether the coalition fully supports the strikes by the United States and Israel against Iran.

Former soldier Adrien Bell was sentenced to home detention in 2024 for filming young people using a bathroom.

The police watchdog has criticised police for not disciplining the officer.

In this idyllic rural community, locals are on edge about a roving dog that's killing animals.

It comes as trucking groups express worry about missed opportunity to make more highway bridges able to carry heavier vehicles in future.

The second victim remains in hospital in a critical but stable condition.

BlueBridge has cancelled two ferry sailings for passengers, and KiwiRail warns some Interislander services could be delayed .

Christchurch City Council is looking at ways to mitigate the stench from Bromley's damaged treatment plant.

Armed police earlier responded to a family harm incident.

Nukuroa Strange, 30, died in Invercargill Prison in August 2022.

Two people had their therapeutic methadone doses changed by Te Whatu Ora against their will, with one man dying of an overdose only six weeks later.

Police are searching for a group of people who slashed the tyres of ambulances in South Auckland this weekend.

A Qatar Airways plane and two Emirates planes were stuck in Auckland after the airlines cancelled flights through Doha and Dubai amid the Iran attacks.