The report found serious misconduct at the highest levels of police, including Andrew Coster, who is now chief executive of the Social Investment Agency.

The government will appoint an Inspector General of Police, after a damning report into handling of the Jevon McSkimming case.

A scathing report by the police watchdog has found serious misconduct at the highest levels of police including former Commissioner Andrew Coster.

The allegations arose from an affair between McSkimming and the woman who at the time was a junior non-sworn police employee.

Richard Chambers says today's IPCA review into the McSkimming complaints found inexcusable conduct by former senior police leaders.

Candace Owens' Auckland event next year has been cancelled, after the commentator was earlier denied entry into Australia.

ACC claims for baby carrier related injuries has doubled in a year which has prompted renewed calls for the government to introduce official safety standards.

Dr Tamsin Edwards is in New Zealand to give a lecture on the topic of uncertainty around sea-level rise in Antarctica.

Two people have been injured after a vehicle crashed into house in Palmerston North.

FENZ said it wanted to hear from anyone with a dashcam who was on State Highway 47 on Saturday afternoon.

Taranaki Regional Council said it was unknown how the clams got into the lake, but the focus now was making sure they did not spread to other Taranaki lakes or rivers.

The Education Review Office claims there has been a "long history of abuse", but the principal says students felt pressured to give negative answers.

Police are poised to begin testing drivers for drugs with a device that involves a quick swipe of the driver's tongue.

South New Brighton School in Christchurch was put in lockdown just after 2pm on Tuesday.