Auckland will stay in alert level 4 lockdown for at least another week, with the rest of the country remaining in level 2.

Jacinda Ardern says lockdown 'hasn't finished the job yet' as she extends Auckland lockdown for another week, keeps rest of NZ at alert level 2.

Hospitality and retail leaders say another week in lockdown will be devastating news for those just trying to survive the Delta outbreak.

The 25-year-old stage manager sent sexually explicit messages to their daughter, a 15-year-old dancer in a theatre show.

Auckland will stay in level 4, and the rest of NZ at level 2, until 11.59pm next Tuesday, with concerns lingering over the handful of mystery cases.

Police looking into the death of a young woman whose body was found at a property in Manurewa say they will "hold any person responsible to account".

Auckland DHB revises its “relaxed” visitor policy under alert level 4 after nurses’ union takes legal action over concerns for staff safety.

Raymond Ratima, convicted of murdering seven people including his three children almost 30 years ago, has been denied parole.

An early morning lightning strike has taken out cellphone, landline and internet services in parts of Westland, leaving some residents unable to call 111.

The first report forecasting how many conversational speakers of te reo Māori there will be between now and 2040 will be released next month.

White powder that sparked an emergency callout at Parliament was an “innocuous mineral substance”, police confirm.

Despite a record $267m investment, several projects have been affected by problems such as delays to building materials.

After 16 years, the facts in a landmark clergy sexual harassment case are made public.

High winds have left homes without power, brought down trees and caused wildfires for the second time in a week. Now snow is on the way.

Business owners outside of Auckland are settling in for at least another eight days of alert level 2 restrictions as the nation’s Covid-19 outbreak drags on.

Residents fed up with campers urinating and leaving rubbish behind want freedom camping banned outside their homes.

Economists are predicting an historic annual increase but lockdown means it won't last.

In what's been described as "self-entitled behaviour", the man and his partner left Auckland, boarded a plane in Hamilton, and flew to a Wānaka holiday home.

A car ended up in Shayne Bryant's spare bedroom. Now he's calling on the council to put in judder bars to stop joyriding - and to stop anyone getting more seriously hurt.

ANALYSIS: The fact the prime minister is committed to large-scale events over the summer is a good sign.