Nine people are being treated in intensive care units as the outbreak continues to spread to other parts of the country.

Officers have raised safety concerns after realising, after the fact, that some persons of interest had Covid-19.

The daughter of the 68-year-old man says the family waited to receive medical advice to take him to hospital, but it never came.

It is not yet known how the person died, police said.

Not listening to mainstream media, denouncing the Government, and abolishing lockdowns were main points at Saturday's protest.

A man was transported to Nelson Hospital with serious injuries after crashing his car into a house in Wakefield early this morning.

The 2.2 hectare blaze north of Christchurch has been brought under control by fire crews and a lucky spell of rain.

They had been stuck in Australia for about six months, so five Kiwi sailors skipped the MIQ queue by sailing across the Tasman Sea back home.

Who is partying so loudly that residents across six Christchurch suburbs are irate? The source of the noise is so elusive even the city's noise control team can't find it.

A parent of a Wellington College year 13 student is annoyed the school cancelled the students' end-of-year celebrations, but the principal says the behaviour was serious.

Medication, pain relief and ice blocks just some of the items you might want to stock up on in case you need to self-isolate at home.

After hot weather in some places, the weekend is about to get wet and wild, with heavy rain and strong wind warnings for much of New Zealand.

Watch as a helicopter drops a rescuer near the summit of Aoraki/Mt Cook and then airlifts a stranded climber to safety in a dramatic record rescue mission.

Public Service watchdog to look into sponsored news story featuring a Labour MP.

Six people have been injured in a two-car collision in the Octagon in Dunedin.

Two household contacts of the Taupō case announced earlier on Saturday have tested positive, along with a close contact of the case, bringing the number of community cases to four.

A helicopter search is underway for a person who has disappeared in the Waiwakaiho River, New Plymouth.

Stratford’s Mayor has cautiously welcomed the news there have been no further cases of Covid in Taranaki, after six people were found to have the virus on Thursday.

One winner scoops $1 million in the night's draw, but Powerball was not struck and has rolled over to be $8 million.

The Ministry has added new locations of interest following three new cases of the virus in Taupō