The popular festival has been postponed for the first time since launching in 1998.

Wiles said she was "blown away" by the generosity of 566 people who donated to her Auckland University research fund over the weekend.

Two mass vaccination events are planned for New Plymouth, which will see more than 4000 people receive their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

Holiday attractions and accommodation providers say shifting the next school holidays would be hugely disruptive when things are already difficult.

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It was a council meeting like Stratford's never before seen with social distancing, mask wearing and the beauty of technology coming into play.

The 39-year-old woman has been missing from her Christchurch home since mid-August.

Changing the name of the country and many cities and towns will be controversial, one Wellington City councillor warns, but she believes it's a fight worth having.

Huge freight yard plans for Palmerston North are back in view after Covid-19 interruption.

Heavy rain has hit the region, with numerous reports of flooding and river catchment levels under stress.

The Manawatū District Council says ratepayers will save just $144 annually in exchange for handing over $250 million worth of assets.

William Willis and Hannah Rawnsley say they "let everyone down", while his mother – a judge – says she's "appalled" by their actions.

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Efforts to normalise the use of te reo Māori are ramping up at Palmerston North’s West End School.

The Pfizer vaccine is approved for children over the age of 12, but there are now four confirmed incidents of 11-year-olds getting their jabs.

A partnership with Helius Therapeutics has been announced, with the two parties hoping “a new generation” of medicinal products will hit the shelves.

Dozens of emergency services staff and volunteers are scouring a remote beach near Marakopa on Waikato's rugged west coast as police seek clues.

Police say those involved in the lockdown breach were "visibly going through the grieving process".

After an 11,000-kilometre flight, the first 104 godwits have returned safely to Christchurch's Avon-Heathcote estuary.

The Government nest egg grew by $15 billion in the last financial year.