The school is promising support and co-operation in any future police probe.

The small Hawke's Bay town has had it tough in 2023. Did a local's fortunes change?

A worker raised the alarm after watching her colleagues become overwhelmed by fumes.

The pair, married for 54 years, were long-time members of the Auckland Beagle Club.

But an expert says it may not necessarily signal the start of our next wave.

The 15-year-old heard a tapping on the door before finding an armed stranger in her home.

The 63-year-old is fighting to get airport security footage.

The gunman opened fire at police cars as they gave chase across west Auckland.

To lose a couple like that is 'heartwrenching', the United Piha Surf Lifesaving boss says.

Volunteers are now battling to save the historic club's building from the sea.

There's no respite from the bad weather with thunderstorms forecast Saturday

The holiday hotspot is bearing the brunt of a subtropical storm, with communities cut off.

The quake and scores of aftershocks made for a sleepless night and left a trail of damage.

Latest statistics show how Covid has shaped New Zealand's rising death rate.

An injured and bleeding man is believed to have driven himself to a city petrol station.

The mum-to-be had only bought the car a week ago.

The 62-year-old accused was granted bail and remanded to reappear later this month.

Court action taken to get the 72-year-old to leave home where she had lived with her mum.

"We told them she's not going to survive winter and she'll die in that car."

A last-minute trip, a scream in a carpark - and a father's life is saved.

'I will make the mosque attacks look like child's play,' her emails said.

With thousands sick with Covid, one city councillor says it's the last thing we need.

New Zealand's first case of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 has been found in MIQ.

"Even though they are wearing masks you can see the smiles."

Auckland Airport is expecting 20,000 travellers to go through the terminal today.

'It's a problem if people who are positive don't know for several days.'

He wanted people to say, 'You're sick, you should go to hospital' but no one did."

A funeral director says tikanga Māori is able to be upheld despite border restrictions.

Low temperatures, snow and large waves unleashed across New Zealand today.

Two solo parents at either end of NZ are doing it tough and wonder if much will change.

More tests planned, Ministry of Health says.

Police are still investigating the circumstances that led to the boat tragedy.

Every physical movement became a chore but worse was to come when she couldn't breathe.

Sticky days and nights to hang around a little longer.

Papatoeote High School into its third day as a testing centre.

Pupils are staying away from school as Covid fears for elderly keep them away from class.

Police release the first set of statistics after the region was sent into a snap lockdown.

The Government won't be changing border lines but is trying to save locals a long trip.

Those wanting to get a job with Arvida must agree to have a Covid vaccination.

Fresh alarm as more community cases surface. Major and events under threat.

Kaipara residents want more testing stations closer to their rural communities.

The fallout is continuing a year after the deadly volcanic eruption.

New Plymouth couple Keith and Lou Roebuck were on SH1 in Tokoroa when tragedy struck.

A man is managed isolation is devastated he couldn't see his dying mum.

Roxi Ansari came from the US to help others. Sadly, she died last week aged 35.

It's taken hours to travel across Auckland this week. This may speed things up.

A second West Auckland school pupil tests positive for Covid-19.

It's been four weeks since a new wave of Covid-19 began spreading in our biggest city.

Snow is replaced by sunshine as the country welcomes a stretch of fine weather.

Crews have been out with the chainsaws after trees have crashed down across roads.

It was a gaffe-prone 22 days at the helm of the National Party for Todd Muller.

He gave guards the slip then disappeared for more than an hour.

Bookings for seats on Air New Zealand flights into New Zealand have been reduced.

Auckland says Covid-19 queues are 'absolutely insane'.

She was the victim of a nasty arson attack, but her faith in humanity is far from shaken.

The worst drivers don't come from overseas says a top Canterbury policeman.

The year's weather was crazy as snow fell in summer and winter was one of warmest ever.

A ground-breaking fleet of environmentally friendly cars will hit Christchurch soon.

Two women walking to work were viciously beaten in central Auckland.

A New Zealander in Barcelona says "it's absolute chaos" in city.

Neighbours say the pizza was being delivered to a home that did not place an order.

Police stopped a dobbed-in driver but he took off and crashed, killing two.

New Zealand might be on edge - but spare a thought for Blair Tuke's nervous mum!

Farewell party turned into a massive street brawl that has left a schoolboy in hospital

Lynley Bilby immerses herself in the beauty of the Great Barrier Reef.

After a miracle on McGregor Rd, Boss Pomare's kids are planning his wedding to their mum.

People are still holed up in homes in isolated communities unable to go anywhere.

A school is taking radical action to get pupils off their screens for at least 45 minutes a day.

Hope for survivors of one of NZ's largest ever whale strandings is "slowly slipping away".

Australian and New Zealand authorities make the largest ever cocaine bust off the Australian coastline.

Council spokeswoman Rebekah Duffin said the destruction of the Wilderland farm would be a huge blow to the area.

A Kiwi trapped in a nightclub shooting was forced to dive for cover as a gunman opened fire on revellers and security staff at a nightclub in Mexico.

A boy has been missing for nearly a fortnight and police hold fears for his health.

Police say a man shot overnight in Christchurch was targeted by two intruders.

The problem that caused the giant cottonwood tree to crush cars and injure a woman was not easily detected.