A top epidemiologist believes Aotearoa New Zealand is ready to open up for a trans-Tasman travel bubble.

There has been a magnitude 6.1 earthquake east of Te Araroa this evening.

In the past, Orange Sky has catered for mainly rough sleepers. But since the start of Covid-19, more and more families are seeking help.

Two repeat pāua poachers have been banned from fishing for three years.

A Wellington councillor says she wants a landmark Wellington church closing over safety concerns to be strengthened and potentially used for housing.

Fines totalling $4000 have been handed down to three people who illegally took shellfish from a closed beach in Auckland.

One in five people convicted of breaching Covid-19 restrictions last year were sentenced to time in prison.

A painter has been awarded $12,500 in compensation and lost wages, after he was sacked just four-and-a-half days into the job.

Motorists heading home after the long Easter weekend are still facing delays on the roads.

The message could not be any clearer - when it comes to Central Otago and Wanaka's countryside there is only one bunny welcome at Easter.

A man arrested over the assault of two security guards at a Wellington music festival is also being investigated in connection with assaults on several women.

A sex education group is demanding the government massively increase funding for sexual assault prevention after a drop in the rate of rape convictions.

Two police officers were assaulted during a routine traffic stop in the Hamilton suburb of Fairfield just after midnight.

Seven people have died so far this Easter long weekend - with just under 24 hours still to go in the reporting period.

One of the rescuers at the centre of a fatal Taieri Mouth boating accident has recounted the helplessness he felt when he saw a seemingly lifeless toddler pulled from beneath the overturned boat.

About 30 firefighters are working to put out a fire that's been burning in a forestry plantation near the Canterbury town of Fairlie since about midday yesterday.

A woman reported missing and last seen on the Interislander Ferry has been found.

The woman had protested against Covid-19 measures in Australia and starred in a series of YouTube videos with a notorious conspiracy theorist during her stay in MIQ.