Covid-19 cases are rising, but there's one reason for hope as we look to tomorrow's alert level announcement.

Further tests taken on Thursday could show if Covid found in Christchurch wastewater was due to three active MIQ cases.

There are 277 cases in the outbreak, more than 24,000 close contacts and 15 people in hospital. Daily case rates "completely justifies" lockdown, officials say.

A major clue was left by two vehicles used to rip up a Dunedin sports field: muddy tyre tracks leading police right to the culprits.

The 64-year-old woman's body was found by a member of the public on Hataitai Beach on Wednesday morning.

The Government has instructed New Zealand citizens stranded in Afghanistan to stay away from Kabul’s international airport due to the risk of a terror attack.

The boy, accused of murdering Bram Willems, has had his trial expedited to October because of his young age.

There are two new community cases of Covid-19 in Wellington, taking the capital’s total to 14.

Nurses were shocked to find their cars broken into after long shifts. "We've done our mahi to make people feel safe and this is happening."

A former soldier who fled police while bearing a gunshot wound has pleaded guilty to a crime spree that triggered three AOS operations across Taranaki and Manawatū.

More than one-and-a-half years since the Whakaari eruption, defendants enter not guilty pleas.

The health care trust operating the home says it's too early to tell how many other staff or residents might have been close contacts.

The incident at Karori New World unfolded after a man refused to wear a face mask.

Proposed winter grazing regulations deemed 'unworkable' by farming groups are being reconsidered by the Government.

Lifelong friend and colleague David Hartnell remembers a man who was "showbiz through and through".

Witnesses came within seconds of being mown down by the car, which jumped a red light before hitting an oncoming vehicle and 'barrel rolling' down the street.

People who thought a beach 25 minutes away was part of their neighbourhood were given a stern ticking off by police for breaking the "spirit" of lockdown.

More bus journeys, supermarkets and medical centres are among the latest locations of interest added to the Ministry of Health list.

The airport can now reclassify 15.6 hectares of former golf course land removing a noise buffer between the runway and the residents of Strathmore Park.

Novotel Ellerslie will be able to take positive cases from midday Friday, while Holiday Inn will soon have 68 rooms available for cases.