The Māori Party is demanding the police minister stop racism within the force, after the police watchdog found a wāhine Māori had her photo unlawfully taken.

Under the vaccine schedule, only border, MIQ and frontline health workers are getting Covid jabs. But nearly half of non-frontline staff at Auckland's DHBs have.

The man police are hunting over a shooting in Motueka was linked to another shooting in 2015, and spent a month on the run.

A child has been confirmed dead after being struck by a car in Carterton in the Wairarapa on Wednesday.

SIr Brian Roche weighs in after a Waka Kotahi board member tweeted its new train between Hamilton and Auckland represented “worst of both worlds”.

The Dunedin doctor killed 16-year-old Amber-Rose Rush in her bedroom in 2019, fearing the claim of sexual assault she threatened would ruin his medical career.

An animal right’s group says Jimmy Cannon's death is one of the “bitter realities behind the glamour of the horse racing industry”.

Auckland Council says the shooting was a mindless act of cruelty towards the gannets.

A nurse who notified friends and family on a personal social media page about the sudden availability of more than 1000 doses has won Chris Hipkins' praise.

A "number” of people have come forward since a cash reward for information on the toddler, who disappeared near Queenstown 29 years ago, was offered.

Wind gusts could reach 110kmh in places, damaging trees and power lines and making driving hazardous, MetService warns.

Police found sufficient evidence to charge the "authorised officer" with assaulting a prisoner in custody, but decided it was not in the public interest to do so.

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It is unknown how they came to be in the water, and police are working to identify them and locate their next of kin.

A person has been taken to Waikato in a serious condition after a crash on Anzac parade.

GPs say they're still in the dark about whether they will be helping the government meet its target of one million Covid-19 jabs by the end of June.

Not many council meetings end with elected members having a beer at the pub, but not many council meetings are held in New Zealand’s only (self-proclaimed) republic either.

Stuff leads the charge in nominations across 66 awards, including News Website of the Year, Best Metropolitan Newspaper, Reporter of the Year and Best Editorial Campaign or Project.

A series of “surprise attack” strikes will shut down Wellington’s bus routes after drivers voted overwhelmingly in favour of taking industrial action.

Emergency services staff were among the first to be vaccinated on opening day at the centre in Mt Wellington, Auckland.