Bill Denny has been made a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to medical research.

A major humanitarian charity is warning many countries will not be able to achieve herd immunity through vaccinations this year.

Composing songs and teaching music have been a natural fit for the founding member of The Verlaines who has been recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours.

Formal identification is underway after a body was found on a remote beach on Waiheke Island.

A tax expert is warning the G7 proposal to establish a digital services tax could have implications for some of New Zealand's biggest companies.

New Dame Judy Kilpatrick is humbled to have been awarded her honour, paying tribute to the hundreds of "extraordinary people" she has worked with during her nursing career.

The Queen's Birthday Honours list for 2021 has been announced today, and it includes prominent artist Grahame Sydney, the former Dunedin mayor Dave Cull, and former long-serving MP Ruth Dyson.

Thirty-thousand nurses will go on strike on Wednesday 9 June, after rejecting a second pay offer in their current round of negotiations.

Radiation therapy has resumed at Waikato Hospital, after disruptions caused by a major cyber attack last month.

A damehood is recognition of the importance New Zealanders place on the country's lakes, an international authority on ecology says.

The number of people being picked up at drink-driving checkpoints is a worry, says the head of the Road Policing Unit.

Parts of the Far North are seeing downpours and wind as weather warnings remain in place for Northland and the Coromandel.

The unnamed recipient, known as Serviceman M, received a Distinguished Service Decoration for services to the Defence Force.

Distinguished Central Otago artist Grahame Sydney has been made a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to art.

Tennis champion and trailblazer for Māori and women, Ruia Morrison, is made a Dame in the Queen's Birthday Honours.

Sergeant Andrew Brooke from Palmerston North has been awarded the Queen's Service Medal for services to search and rescue.

Nurses are voting today on agreeing to a revised pay offer from district health boards or going on a nationwide strike on Wednesday.

A former All Blacks captain, a renowned artist and the first Māori to compete at Wimbledon have been awarded honours in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours.