Eleven months after getting drunk and threatening to bomb an aircraft, a woman has impressed a judge with her apology from the dock.

The full extent of an Invercargill mother and her two sons' connection to the murder of Azalia Wilson can now be fully revealed.

The "erratic" man's behaviour put members of the public at risk, and he was shot to stop him hurting others, inspector says.

The Government is seeking new Covid-19 powers which allow it to delay local government elections, in preparation for possible pandemic restrictions in years to come.

The complaint centres on “inappropriate governance” management oversight of finances, and failure to meet the compliance of various government and iwi entities.

A man who had sexual contact with a minor lied to police, saying nothing sexual happened until the student was 16 years old.

The structure emerged during lockdown, but after it grew to include chairs and tables authorities stepped in due to the group's “intimidating” behaviour.

Roughly $378,000 gets you a new 155sqm house in New Zealand. But it only buys half an intersection upgrade in Masterton.

The driver and a passenger in one of the vehicles died at the scene while a third person was taken to hospital in a serious condition.

The 27-year-old, who has interim name suppression, has ordered his lawyers to take his battle further through the courts, if needed.

Green, ACT, and Māori parties have opposed the passing of new counter-terror laws, raising the spectre of the botched 2007 Tūhoe raids.

More than 60 patients are considered close contacts after two infected people visited the emergency department on Wednesday.

After weeks in the bush, the children who disappeared with their father from a Waikato beach are happy and healthy, say their family.

The Government has been criticised for its “heartless” treatment of Kiwi pensioners “trapped in Australia, through no fault of their own”.

Environment Canterbury councillors have voted no on a tertiary student bus discount for now, but it will eventually fall to the community to consider.

Māori health providers are phoning hundreds of patients to ensure 90 per cent of the population get their first dose of the Covid vaccine in the next four weeks.

South Taranaki iwi say a Supreme Court ruling is the “final nail in the coffin” for seabed mining off their coast, while the mining company claims the ruling is no impediment to having its consents approved.

Te Kāhui o Matariki Public Holiday Bill is the fifth piece of dual language legislation, written in both te reo Māori and English.

Questions remain about why Phillips vanished into the bush with his children, what his intentions were, and how the family survived in the rugged surroundings unharmed.

Anjalee and Burma, Auckland Zoo's Asian elephants, will head to Australia in 2022.