Auckland prepares to move down an alert level as residents in more suburbs are asked to get tested, and an increase in infringement fees is nigh.

Analysis - Auckland's move to alert level 3 has also triggered speculation about whether the national Covid-19 elimination strategy has failed or is even being abandoned. While the government denies it, others clearly believe it is at lea...

Government emails about billionaire Larry Page show he wanted his child's medical evacuation to New Zealand to be kept quiet.

In an effort to boost vaccination rates the Taranaki District Health Board is adding a bit of sizzle to help make getting the vaccine a bit more appetising.

Auckland builders are being told to plan carefully to avoid chaos when they return to work tomorrow.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is also asking level 3 workers returning to work tomorrow to get vaccinated.

A man who later tested positive for Covid-19 evaded security at North Shore Hospital to visit another person there.

A 20-year-old man has been arrested and charged after refusing to wear a mask in a supermarket and then allegedly punching a customer in the face.

First home buyers are continuing to feel the pain, with entry-level house prices rising at their fastest rate in five years.

An Otago student is isolating after allegedly breaching lockdown by travelling from Auckland to Dunedin without an exemption.

There are 14 new community cases of Covid-19 in the community today, the Ministry of Health has reported.

Fines imposed by a court - previously limited to $1000 - increase to $12,000 for an individual and $15,000 for a company, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced.

The Waikato woman was notable for promoting the rights of women and for community service.

The country's oldest state school, Nelson College, is facing insolvency unless it can convince the government to fast track the sale of some of its assets.

Some motorhome and horse truck owners are demanding the Transport Agency drop a clampdown that is forcing more and more vehicles off the road, or pay the costs itself.

An independent probe has found the use of a police dog to arrest a man fleeing from officers in Dunedin was justified.

There has been a 49 percent increase in injuries recorded as a result of firearms crime in Auckland city over the past year and a half, compared with the two years previous.

The first 200 test results from locked down northern Hauraki have come back negative for Covid-19 after hundreds queued at pop-up testing sites yesterday.