New guidelines from the WHO calling for an end to compulsory treatment for mental illness should be a wake-up call for New Zealand, mental health experts say.

Documents that have been declassified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade have revealed the sordid actions of enemy soldiers committing war crimes during World War II.

The Department of Internal Affairs has given up on running a single investigation and intelligence system after years of trying to set one up.

Buyers of new electric and hybrid vehicles will be eligible for government rebates of up to $8625, in a scheme announced today.

A man has been charged with murder after a person died in Whangārei late last night.

New Zealand racing driver Greg Murphy says men need to stop putting the brakes on paying attention to their health.

Police are thanking people who helped an elderly man who was seriously injured in an attack in Hastings this morning.

There are no new cases of Covid-19 in the community and four new cases in managed isolation, the Ministry of Health says.

Police are investigating the death of a man in hospital after he was arrested yesterday.

Police in Palmerston North are searching for a vehicle at the centre of an armed car-jacking in Feilding this morning.

Heavy rain warnings have been issued for Fiordland and Westland.

A man is in hospital with serious injuries after the overnight incident.

The big budget for a new non-car bridge in Auckland sparked a big 'bike-lash' in the media last week. Mediawatch asks a journalist if the inflamed opinions make it hard to report all this effectively.

Ruapehu Alpine Lifts' chief executive says border restrictions are leaving his staff stuck in limbo.

A team of investigators is visiting the site of a helicopter crash that injured four on a Canterbury golf resort yesterday.

The mayor of Christchurch is calling plans for a movie on the mosque attacks a travesty.

A bride, groom, photographer and pilot were injured after the helicopter they were in crashed onto a golf course in Windwhistle in Selwyn District, Canterbury.

A new study has found women who are homeless earn significantly less income and rely more on government support than men who are homeless.