'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.

Two shops in the Wairarapa have been badly damaged by fire overnight.

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

The 61-year-old man died at the scene on State Highway 1.

She was last seen shortly before midnight on Tuesday.

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

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

Mayor says insurance costs have become a barrier for those wanting to live in the city.

Jim Beam Homegrown has announced its first 2022 line-up despite Covid-19 uncertainty.

The Crown claims it "unrealistic" to expect parents to keep their children in the dark.

Every Let's Get Wellington Moving option the public will be consulted on has both routes.

Twenty per cent of online traffic has come from Aucklanders, festival director says.

Emergency services are at a serious crash in Johnsonville, Wellington, this morning.

The appeal will be heard in the Supreme Court in a posthumous attempt to clear his name.

The recent level 4 cleaned out Wellington City Mission of its hygiene products.

Working as a dominatrix gave her a deep understanding of people, particularly men.

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Expo 2020 Dubai, which opens later today, is expected to attract 25 million visitors.

The fire broke out early today at the Contemporary Chinese Research Centre.

The behaviour "undermines the essence of what competition is all about".

Almost half of the region is now fully vaccinated. 

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Raj has only spoken to her family on the phone – but hopes they can soon be reunited. 

Dr Harding Richards left New Zealand in June after a year in the stalled residency queue.

Applicants for the home-isolation trial must be within 50km of Auckland or Christchurch.

More than 400 entries were received for the lockdown burger challenge.

'A lot of bullying goes on, a lot of bullying.'

We cannot afford to wait any longer to radically increase the network from 23km to 147km.