When Kim Mills saw a smoking car hanging over the edge of a New Plymouth car park building she ran, “yanking" the driver to safety.

Department of Conservation spokesman Dylan Swain said dolphins are a taonga species that deserve respect in life and death.

Two brothers dumped their accomplice outside Dunedin Hospital and fled after he accidentally shot himself in the stomach.

Lives were put at risk when a telecommunications blackout left some West Coasters unable to call 111 for 34 hours, a medical centre director says.

The community case numbers are trending down, with 14 reported today in the Covid-19 Delta outbreak.

Christine Cowan buried the placentas of her children at the property she grew up in and is now taking legal action to stop her dad selling it for $1.1m.

Three down, three to go. Watch as a 56-metre power tower is removed by helicopter piece-by-piece.

Queenstown mayor Jim Boult says the couple at the centre of the Wānaka lockdown breach should still be prosecuted despite them apologising for their actions.

The person is understood to have visited a number of retail premises in town and contacted the Work and Income office.

Smart phones, hotel accommodation, and $42,000 worth of gift vouchers are being offered to young people getting vaccinated at Auckland Airport.

The man produced an exemption document and claimed he was transporting goods but further questioning revealed he had entered Auckland to buy a boat.

Education Minister Chris Hipkins says he is urgently working through advice whether school holidays should be moved forward as Auckland children spend weeks at home.

Fourteen new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the past 24 hours, bringing the total in the Delta outbreak to 983.

The Covid Cadillac and Chariots of Pfizer are among the names suggested for the mobile vaccination clinics rolling out to Aucklanders on Thursday.

A group of residents battling the build of a 4G cellphone tower in Havelock have had even more public support after being told the build would go ahead.

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Breaker the collie lets the family pet parrot ride on his back, but he'll keep his label as a menacing dog despite an unusual appeal to council by his owner.

Three people have been arrested after police found drugs, cash and a firearm during an investigation targeting the sale and supply of methamphetamine.

In the midst of one of their busiest times of year, Fonterra’s Taranaki staff are rolling up their sleeves for their Covid vaccinations.

A Mid-Canterbury farmer says the endless cleanup job following the May floods took a toll on his mental health.