Police say no one was hurt and the man was later apprehended and arrested.

A biosecurity operation is under way after the male fly was discovered in a surveillance trap.

An estimated 15,000 Southlanders could be drinking water polluted by nitrates according to a new Southland Regional Council report.

Fire and Emergency says a large grass fire in Central Otago has now been contained.

Police say they know the likely route taken by a vehicle of interest away from where the body of Sharlen Smith was found.

Better labelling and restrictions around packaging directed at children is needed, says a university researcher.

The hospital was described as "heaving" on Wednesday with some elective surgeries cancelled.

Te Puna residents are taking golf clubs and a large tokotoko with them when they go for a walk, using them to fight off wandering dogs.

Nathan Boulter has been handed at least 17 years in prison for killing Chantal McDonald, whose daughter says she's haunted by the killing.

More than a third of hospitality and tourism workers say they have been pressured into working while sick, not taking holidays or going without other minimum protections, new study says.

Pharmacies are falling back on their emergency back-up plans to distribute medication, and doing a lot of unpaid leg-work in the process, following the MediMap hack.

A police officer found the body near Parkers Creek.

The hacked health portal is heading to court to try to block people accessing and using the data that has been breached.

"There's nothing more reassuring than being told that what you're going through is normal."

Three ambulances and a rapid response unit were sent to the crash in the Auckland suburb of Grafton.

Andrew Little has announced swimmers can now get back in the water, at their own risk, and took a dip to prove it's safe.