The frustrated owners of a large farm contracting business have been stuck in Australia for six weeks, unable to secure MIQ spots to return home and run their company.

The new pledge comes after the Climate Change Commission found that New Zealand's target to the United Nations was not tough enough.

Police says the 50-year-old man may have walked into bush land near the Haparapara River but hasn't been seen since.

Managing director says it was a mistake to pursue sick former worker for $2516 in overpaid wages.

The swimmer was reportedly about 100m off the beach and in trouble.

The Serious Crash Unit has been notified of a collision between a car and a quad bike in South Taranaki on Sunday.

Twenty years ago, Australia's supermarket sector was like New Zealand's. But then everything changed.

If they can avoid any more roadblocks, Diane and Evan Reece have their fingers crossed they might be back in their house before Christmas.

One teenager sleeps under a bridge. Another is passed between temporary care homes. Carers and social workers agree: "There is nothing for these children."

Finding out how two different people caught Covid-19 in the city may reveal whether there really is widespread transmission, and whether a jump in alert levels is needed.

Case numbers reached a new high as a 5000-strong group marched through Auckland on Saturday, in breach of alert level 3 restrictions.

Up to 5000 people flouted alert level 3 rules to protest against the Government's response to Covid-19.

The woman was reported missing after failing to return from a hike yesterday in the Arthur’s Pass National Park.

Students at Macleans College in east Auckland have been asked to stay at home on Monday and Tuesday after a staff member has tested positive.

The Government will subsidise the use of new Covid-19 treatment Ronapreve.

A district court judge has taken a “real risk” in freeing a meth-addicted Black Power member from jail to an address where a fellow gang member is currently bailed.

Police say they are working to locate those responsible for the incident.

The mystery case - reportedly a young Mormon missionary - is still untraced, worrying experts there may be more undetected Covid in Christchurch.

OPINION: We aren't really halving our emissions. We're paying someone overseas to do it for us.

State Highway 73 will close for five hours every day next week so crews can clear debris. Arthur's Pass locals say they would've liked a heads-up.