The owner of two missing dogs is relieved they have been found but shocked at the state their ordeal has left them in.

Council staff and a designer should have cross-checked a house built in the wrong place that could see its owner sued, an expert says.

New Zealand On Air has admitted it failed to offer adequate support to a staff member who was assaulted by an award-winning musician in 2017.

Dairy company Synlait has launched an investigation into one of its employees after allegations of white supremacist statements.

A man has been ordered to pay $5700 and pay court costs of $130 after he was found guilty of flouting kauri dieback rules at an Auckland regional park, in the first prosecution of its kind.

NewstalkZB broadcaster Martin Devlin is apologising after taking a swing at a colleague in NZME's Auckland newsroom.

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says he expects that confidence in the vaccine will continue to develop and grow, as more New Zealanders indicate more interest in getting the jab.

Australians have been unlawfully charged for managed isolation stays in New Zealand because of an error in what the National Party is calling a shoddy law.

An advocate of the government's $85 million allocation to Dunedin rail wagon assembly plant says it will bring huge benefits to the country and has called ACT Party's criticism of the move "ludicrous".

Two more men have been arrested in relation to a firearms incident at Auckland's Sofitel last month.

There have been three new cases of Covid-19 reported in managed isolation facilities today, with no new cases in the community.

Police are appealing a High Court ruling that may call into question the legal basis for more than 20,000 formal written warnings issued over the last decade.

Search and rescue teams looking for a missing fisherman in Raglan have found a body.

Finance Minister Grant Robertson presented the government's so-called recovery and well-being Budget yesterday, but some are describing it as anything but.

The embattled chief executive of the Ports of Auckland has been bullied out of his job, according to a business leader.

The chief coroner has ruled the deaths of six people were not linked to a recent epilepsy medication change, leaving some of their families heartbroken and angry.

Many employers have had to let their post-study work visa holders go - or have kept their job open, but some cannot work remotely.

Vandalism has led to the premature end of a trial project aimed at slowing traffic and increasing safety for cyclists and pedestrians in an Auckland suburb.