Expert urges people to behave as if they were still in alert level four.

Lucky escape for a man who was fishing on the rocks and swept off into two-metre waves.

Northlanders have spent 19 hours waiting to see if they had potentially been exposed.

The appeal will continue next week.

"Any advice provided around vaccination has to be evidence-based."

He says it could be the solution to crime in the city – but the council isn't sure.

Coalition of 25 firms are pleading for clearance to import 370,000 rapid antigen devices.

It comes as the conversation around mandatory vaccinations heats up.

A Moment In Crime podcast revisits the Riverhead quarry attack & crimes of Colin MItchell.

Heritage Art Auctions, auctioning the old fashioned way.

Mayor Andy Foster says the difficult decision is "hugely disappointing".

Louise Hutchinson denies allegations the gang was distributing meth across alert level.

Government facing a teacher backlash over plans to reopen Auckland's classrooms.

'We can't do the scientific trade and exchange that we need to make the breakthroughs.'

This city also has the third-lowest population of unvaccinated people at 13 per cent.

Local hero who put out fires says his quiet community was 'turned upside-down'.

The transport agency is unwilling to indicate whether the road will open this year.

A friend of the man asked for the whānau's privacy to be respected.

She was last seen shortly before midnight on Tuesday.

The crash closed a section of State Highway 1 overnight, leaving commuters trapped.

Results are in as travellers around the world vote on the best countries.

The city is expected to hit 90 per cent fully vaccinated in mid-November.

More than 69 per cent of respondents were dissatisfied with the Government's Covid plan.

Police were notified of the incident shortly after 1pm today.