Your guide to the one-off public holiday.

Estranged wife and her cousin deny murder; lawyer says timeframe 'simply not credible'.

Spankings with 'big wooden spoons' common in the Christian community, witness sobs.

Impromptu and transitional organisations have kickstarted the city's recovery.

The three offenders unsuccessfully appealed their convictions in Wellington.

A person has been killed in a crash in the Grey District, West Coast, early this morning.

The award-winning indie folk singer on new album and how grief shaped her as an artist.

Six strangers banded together to save a family of ducks in a tricky predicament.

Alana Bamber and her cousin Joshua Morris-Bamber deny killing farm worker.

Critically injured cyclist remains in hospital.

Philip Arps was once jailed for sharing doctored footage of the mosque attacks.

Hope is to attract more people to the central city.

'If he'd been in jail that lady would still be alive,' another attack victim says.

Christchurch eye surgeon Ian Dallison denies attempted murder.

Mother-of-four killed walking home from work.

Police confirm shooting suspect is in Hawke's Bay area but is "extremely transient".

You'll find the unique igloos only in Wanaka's Harris range and Antarctica.

A street and child daycare centre was locked down after daylight shooting.

The offenders allegedly blackmailed the victim out of tens of thousands of dollars.

As conspiracy theorists appeared in court this week, Carl Bromley was there to support.

A Christchurch boy discovered a giant earthworm in his backyard.

The footage shows four people near the scene of the giant blaze.

Man claimed unvaccinated people were being "unfairly disadvantaged".

Kenzie Davie spent 48 hours in traction until she could be put in a cast.

She says he was bullied for a year until he joined the gang.

Pair ignore judge and refuse to stand in the dock.

Emotional Gloriavale leaver alleges sex abuse, forced labour, 'shaming' rife in community.