The Racing Integrity Board is investigating a breach of its rules after an Auckland-based lawyer's attendance at a Hawke's Bay race meeting.

The Government will require all non-New Zealand citizens to be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 before entering the country, from November 1.

Police are asking for sightings of a black-coloured Honda Stream vehicle, registration HLL620.

Several hundred people attended the funeral for Mark Nicholl Jnr in a paddock in central Canterbury.

A 'ginormous' 250 hectare controlled burn had to be contained by helicopters after breaching the permitted area.

Manawatū has managed to dodge following Waikato into alert level 3 thanks to a clear transmission path for the truck driver who tested positive for Covid and is now isolating in Palmerston North.

Homicide inquiry launched after police were called to Maniapoto St following reports of “a large group of people fighting".

A driver fled his vehicle after being involved in a two car crash near East Tamaki just before midnight. Minutes later a truck collided with it.

Manners St was brought to a standstill after a group playing in traffic resisted arrest and turned violent.

An urgent Covid-19 test has been ordered for the man, who admitted to police he had breached level 3 rules by travelling to Wellington.

Kaitaia man Mike Grylls has been given six months to a year to live. The hard worker has "never got a chance to go on holiday", his wife says.

Thousands turned out to the non-socially distanced gathering, just days ahead of a Government decision on alert levels.

Here’s a quick round up of the biggest updates on the Covid-19 Delta outbreak, including the latest case numbers and locations of interest details.

Health Ministry says initial tests from household members of Covid-19 cases in Hamilton East and Palmerston North have returned negative results.

Movements in and out of NICU have been restricted, and the DHB is testing all staff, whānau and babies in the unit as a precaution, the Ministry of Health says.

As residents mark the first anniversary of the fire which devastated Lake Ōhau village, the memories of that night are seared into the minds of those who fled.

It was the first day of school holidays, the sun was out, and Victoria Park in Stratford was the place to be.

About 40 members of the Morgan B School of Dance gathered near the Wind Wand on Saturday to put on a lunchtime show of their best routines.

There were no waving Covid-19 vaccination centre flags outside Whakaahurangi Marae on Saturday, just ‘vaccination’ written in vivid, taped to a cone sitting on top of a rubbish bin.

Auckland appears set to remain in Covid-19 alert level 3 lockdown as the virus appears across the border in Waikato and throws the Government’s elimination strategy into question.