'A transtasman bubble would be great, but they are still not quite there yet.'

Alcohol-fuelled violence ramped up and led to a string of arrests.

Job losses continue to mount.

Middlemarch has registered New Zealand's coldest June temperature since 2015.

Sunday's forecast for Auckland's return to Super Rugby.

It was time for some banter between the PM and her minister after a serious few months.

His identity remains under wraps until August court date in front of a judge.

Much of the Central North Island and South Island woke to frosts this morning.

COMMENT: "You've got nothing to lose."

Fine and sunny skies will darken from Thursday, with plummeting temperatures expected.

Commission finds multiple errors leading to the death, and continued afterwards.

The extremely rare clouds were spotted above Central Otago.

A dispute over an unkempt garden led a woman threatening to stab her property manager.

There is snow down to 400m in places of the South Island, what's in store for the north?

'Nothing short of a miracle' that a Dunedin woman and her partner survived, says judge.

Parents feel NZ's justice system has failed them.

Judge tells man who forced himself on three women that his remorse has come too late.

Two Tongan orchard workers have been jailed for the attack in Cromwell last year.

Driver admits charges of careless driving causing injury after January bus crash.

It's the first holiday weekend since New Zealand moved to alert level 2 - and we're off.

"They say we're not in the risk category but it's everywhere," says 37-year-old.

NZ's adventure tourism capital welcomes back its buzz.

Up to 50 people turned up for the funeral of the patched Black Power member.

Macaulay Marchant left trail of misery when he used clients' money to live the high life.

Reliance on international tourism has caused some areas to be hit hard in the lockdown.

Under Aurora Energy's proposal, line charges may increase by up to $500 a year.

Forde Jury, who pulled clumps of hair from his ex-partner's head, given early release.

Aucklanders used 416 million litres of water on Saturday.