A prominent businessman has been found guilty of indecent assault and attempting to dissuade a witness charges. This is how the issue has played - both in and out of court.

Covid Response Minister Chris Hipkins has confirmed that flights from New South Wales to New Zealand will be paused from midnight tonight for 48 hours. Watch the announcement live here.

One of the two climbers who died on Taranaki Maunga this week had recently become a father.

Te Hoiere/Pelorus Sound resident Pete Wilkinson says the plastic is a threat to birds and aquatic life which could mistake the "white balls" for food.

A group of Queen Street landlords and businesses has lost its bid to stop further temporary work to make Auckland's main commercial street more pedestrian-friendly.

A mother has spoken of her fear and then absolute relief when her three-year-old child went missing in remote forest near Tolaga Bay, while young Axle says it's just good to be home.

The "size and complexity of the effort being applied every day" to New Zealand's vaccination efforts should not be under-rated, says Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield.

About 100 Hutt Valley High School students turned the front lawn of Parliament into a make-shift study space today to protest the state of their school buildings.

A bull that has fathered more than 170,000 dairy cows has been inducted into an elite animal hall of fame.

The government's plans to rejuvenate rail are being rubbished by the opposition and the trucking lobby as ideologically motivated and wasteful that will take resources away from badly needed road safety improvements.

Police have arrested the man wanted over the firearms incident at the Sofitel Hotel in Auckland last month after carrying out a search warrant at a rural property near Kerikeri this afternoon.

A group who previously advertised in a conspiracy ridden Covid-19 magazine is back again, this time organising a massive leaflet drop.

A police officer who drove 2.5 times the speed limit during an unjustified chase, and then hit and injured a civilian who they falsely claimed had backed into them, has avoided a conviction.

New Zealand cricketers in Covid-19 ravaged India will be able to get out of the country on a charter flight tomorrow after the Indian Premier League was postponed.

A Napier schoolboy would still be alive today if he had been supervised at the beach, a coroner says.

There is one new case of Covid-19 in managed isolation facilities and three potential historical cases, with no new cases in the community.

Two of New Zealand's leading cancer experts have slammed Pharmac's proposal to take away the special exemption which gives children with cancer access to any drug they need.

Lockdowns on an early childhood centre and a primary school in Christchurch have now been lifted, but a search is continuing for the person at the centre of the incident.