The zoom vigil will offer solidarity to victims and the Sri Lankan and Muslim communities of New Zealand.

Work to refloat the three dolphins had been ongoing all day. The two surviving dolphins made it out to open water, DOC said.

A machine operator drove into an overhead power cable sparking a fire at the industrial wharf.

A new opening date for the billion dollar project is yet to be confirmed.

A woman allegedly killed her three young daughters at their home in Timaru - just weeks after the family moved to NZ from South Africa.

Police are urging the public to "stay the course" as crowds are spotted at beaches across the region, days out from a potential easing of alert level restrictions.

The family will be considered for emergency spots in MIQ.

Members of the public have named the baby Anahera – meaning Angel – as police use DNA to narrow down the infant's family.

By all accounts he was dedicated to his kids, even home schooling them, but a week of searching has turned up few clues about what's become of them.

A person is dead and another seriously injured after their car left the road and onto a grass verge before crashing into a nearby tree, ripping bark from it and leaving a trail of debris.

The body was likely to be that of a fisherman that went missing in the Manawatū River in Palmerston North six weeks ago.

William Willis, who is yet to be charged for breaching lockdown rules, also faces a fine for alleged low-level drink-driving.

The Ministry of Health announced the latest daily numbers in a press release on Saturday, as Auckland hopes to be lowered to level 3 next week.

Police were tipped off on Friday about two people breaching the southern border checkpoints and staying in Taupo.

Mother nature is sending a strong signal for coastal communities such as Raglan to rethink life by the beach.

Wāhi Kōrero is an online platform that provides people an anonymous space to share their experiences with the health system.

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Health Minister Andrew Little says if more than 90 per cent of people are vaccinated, he would be surprised to see New Zealand plunged into alert level 4 again.

A religious volunteer was allegedly attacked outside a Sikh temple, but police say there is nothing to suggest the attack was racially motivated.

The fire in a second-storey industrial unit in Wairau Valley was well alight by the time crews arrived.