Don McFarlane, Team Leader Ectotherms Auckland Zoo, has some exciting news. In a first for New Zealand, Auckland Zoo is celebrating the arrival of a Galapagos tortoise hatchling, and has become only the second zoo in Australasia to breed this species. / Michael Craig
Christchurch man, Alec Smith, suffered a cardiac arrest in Bishopdale New World. He received very good bystander intervention with CPR and AED usage, prompt ambulance response and transport, and survived. Source: ST Johns
National leader Bill English says Labour had offered a briefing just before the targets were released but he was yet to see what was in it and there had been no consultation on the details in it.
For the first time in NZ, hundreds of Japan’s Honshu white admiral butterflies have been successfully reared as a biocontrol agent for Japanese honeysuckle. Credit: Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
Jacinda Ardern shares specifics of when she sent Bill English details of the bill on the 13th of December
NIWA says if it gets to 39.5C or higher, it’ll be the tenth warmest temperature of all time in NZ.
As students head back to school, traffic gridlock on Auckland roads.
A pod of dolphins played with holiday goers in the Bay of Plenty in the second sighting in two days. Credit: Ella Southward
PM Jacinda Ardern: Australia within their rights to deport NZ citizens.
The Karituwhenua Stream Reserve in Havelock North began as an erosion-control measure, but has become the best little walk in Hawke's Bay. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Mike Hosking: A lot of raised eyebrows around the Winston Peters move on horses.
Some state houses in Auckland are valued around 3 million dollars.
Armed Offenders Squad arrive to cordon off a Kamo street, north of Whangarei.
Sam Wallace cools off at Ports of Auckland in 33 degree heat.
The driver of a white van was caught on video braking so hard the van near tipped upside down. The incident happened on Deans Avenue, in Christchurch, on Saturday night. Source / Facebook
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks on returning to Laneway.
Police have launched a homicide investigation after an 18-year-old died in hospital after an an assault in downtown Auckland.
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There's some vindication for the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern after a poll suggested most Australians support resettling refugees in New Zealand.
People in Auckland continued to swim at Milford Beach despite a health warning being put in place after raw sewage contaminated the water.
Reporters seem to think Trump's comments in Davos are something new, but they are not. Trump has been consistent on trade since the very moment he became a candidate.
Bridal stores are experiencing a marked increase in sales this Summer. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Angie Richardson has found her real father, a search that started when she was 16. Video / Dean Purcell
The playful dolphins delighted onlookers at Coopers Beach in Northland. Video/Dion Mellow
An Auckland man has spotted an unusual orange light moving silently above Shakespeare Road in Milford.