Stranded and running out of medication, Shona Pritchard just wants to get home - but she has heard little about the new flights.

The best-case scenario is just two Covid-19 cases on the Viking Bay but more are expected.

Auckland-based side's struggles continue as the Tactix move into a Premiership netball playoff spot.

Here are the headlines and breaking news in the capital today.

The 100% Pure New Zealand Experience Awards celebrate outstanding tourism operators throughout the country.

OPINION: Cheating, unwelcome visitors and a whole lot of maths meant this was one of the most eventful episodes in The Block NZ history.

As cases of RSV continue to rise, visitors are urged to stay away from two Christchurch hospitals unless for "essential purposes" to help reduce its spread.

It's now full steam ahead for player recruitment as Moana Pasifika secure Super Rugby licence.

Concerns grow for the 85-year-old who relatives believe disappeared in freezing conditions after she went to get help for her unwell husband.

Heavenly Kimes recently enjoyed a “girls’ night” with several ladies from The Real Housewives of Atlanta.

Jacinda Ardern has defended the funding of a Mongrel Mob-led meth rehabilitation programme.

REVIEW: This ensemble piece works best as a social satire and workplace comedy. It's in the edgier and darker moments that it doesn't quite convince.

Heather Dubrow was feeling some "deja vu" this week, posting a photo of herself filming The Real Housewives of Orange County

More than 100 people, three boats and a plane have been involved in the effort to reunite a baby orca found stranded north of Wellington with its pod.

On July 11, Ariana Grande offered peeks at her honeymoon to the Netherlands with husband Dalton Gomez, including one adorable shot of the newlyweds seated in a giant pair of wooden shoes.

A defence lawyer in a murder trial in Invercargill says strangling does not always signal an intent to kill.

There about 100 feral dogs estimated to be roaming the Far North, with sharpshooters keeping vigil over one farm where dozens of animals have been mauled.

The Air Force landed on an icy runway to carry out a night-time rescue from the US-run station in Antarctica.

Kiwi Martin Henderson is back playing America's favourite bar-owning former US Marine, while Pixar returns to a very different Monstropolis.

A trapped person has now been freed. Three affected lanes would likely be would be closed “for a couple of hours”.