Fake arms, dozens of needles and syringes and some deep breaths have been part of the training for a brand new batch of Covid-19 vaccinators.

A Royal New Zealand Air Force aircraft has completed a high-risk mission to evacuate an injured person from Antarctica.

A West Coast gold mine exploration venture that was injecting $500,000 a year into the local economy has been shut down by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

Last year's lockdown saw the virtual closure of our film industry for months, and no films meant no film music - but one group of composers turned the lack of outside work to their advantage.

A website is trying to capitalise on the difficulty of booking a managed isolation room by offering to do so for $2415 per person.

An infant orca remains at Plimmerton beach as rescue teams try to locate its family along the coast.

Kiwis stranded in Australia are increasingly frustrated as returning flights are snapped up moments after going on sale. Bookings opened at 10am today for flights from tomorrow on Air New Zealand's website, but they were all gone in 15 minutes. ...

A man whose home was smashed into by an out-of-control car is thankful no one in his family was hurt.

The killer of Auckland police constable Matthew Hunt denies attempting to murder another officer, despite shooting him four times.

A navy ship carrying the Covid-19 Pfizer vaccine is now on its way to Tokelau and the northern Cook Islands.

A support worker has been told to apologise to the family of an elderly man, after lying over whether she visited the man in his home.

England and Italian football fans were up at the crack of dawn on a cold Wellington morning, hoping to see their side prevail in the Euro 2020 final.

The South Island's Mt Hutt skifield is reminding parents and caregivers to supervise their children after a child slipped from a chairlift yesterday.

Police are appealing for the public's help as they investigate the death of a man in the Far North over the weekend.

Officials have confirmed the health risk from Queensland is now low and quarantine-free travel from Queensland to NZ can resume from 11.59pm tonight, the Ministry of Health says.

A woman who spent years in a South Korean religious sect operating in Auckland is warning others of its fraudulent recruitment techniques.

Auckland would never have been a feasible port for the fishing vessel with two Covid-positive crew to dock, Customs says. The Viking Bay arrived in Wellington today.

A teenager has admitted stabbing another teen to death at a party in the Bay of Islands.