The world's largest Pacific dance festival got under way in Auckland today after two years of disruptions.

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.

Bright cultural costumes and loud island cheers lit up the first day of Polyfest 2021 in South Auckland, despite heavy rain and thunder.

The Christchurch mosque shooter is representing himself in a fresh legal challenge at the High Court in Auckland tomorrow.

Victor Manual Iglesias Matros, 37, shipped the drug in eight packets wrapped in brown packaging tape, in hidden compartments under packets of ice and sachets of avocado pulp.

Scientists have started digging into a beach on the southern coast of the North Island, searching for clues about earthquakes and tsunamis that have occurred in the past.

The former Dunedin doctor who murdered Dunedin teenager Amber-Rose Rush has had his appeal dismissed.

A Christchurch GP was surprised to hear that Canterbury District Health Board staff were making personal Facebook posts to advise people there were spare Covid-19 vaccines up for grabs.

RNZ features strongly in the 2021 Voyager Media Awards with a number of finalists including for news website of the year.

An investigation has been launched after eight tākapu were shot dead at the colony at Muriwai Beach, on Auckland's west coast.

Current advice over the MIQ security guard is that the information supplied to his employer said he had been tested, when in fact most recent test was November, Chris Hipkins says.

Official records show the security guard who tested positive for Covid-19 last week was last tested in November - six months ago - despite an expectation of fortnightly testing.

Moana Pasifika and Fijian Drua have been granted conditional licences to join a planned new professional competition next year, New Zealand Rugby has announced.

The world's largest Pacific dance festival kicks off in Auckland today after two years of disruptions.

A half-a-billion-dollar pothole in road funding has been patched over but key projects remain in jeopardy.

A decision to let a friend drive him home left a Southland man and his family needing to rebuild their shattered life.

A new show written during lockdown explores familiar relationships, gender norms and intergenerational conflict, bringing south Asian stories to the stage.

Auckland's district health boards say they need need hundreds more Covid-19 vaccinators and they are frustrated at some stumbling blocks.