India need just three more wickets to win as the Black Caps wilt on the final afternoon.

The missing 50-year-old Nelson woman Carole Marfell has been found, police confirmed Monday night.

REVIEW: This is a charisma-free, effects-heavy romp weighted down with exposition from its opening, seemingly endless world-building narration.

The national men's football team has been thrown a curveball and will have to play at least two qualifiers in March without some of its biggest names.

The pristine surface of a new skatepark in Masterton has been marred by skateboard marks. Skaters had jumped the fence and used the facility before the concrete had cured.

Interislander ferries will proof of vaccination and or a negaitve Covid-19 test for travellers from December 15.

Asked if he was vaccinated, Auckland man Rex Warwood said: "You're not sticking that s... in me." Weeks later, he was dead.

Some nurses may not see their pay rises before Christmas, despite a commitment made by health boards and the health minister saying the delays are "unacceptable".

A clutch of regions in the North Island with low vaccination rates will start in the “red” traffic light setting, but a Kawerau Mayor is wanting the ministry to take better control.

There are three cases in Waharoa, 5km from Matamata - the district's first community cases since the Delta outbreak began.

Here's what you need to know about how workplaces will work under the new Covid protection framework.

Dancing in nightclubs, going to music festivals, and hosting weddings without number limits. This is what the South Island and parts of the North have to look forward to.

Tokoroa Korean café owners haven't looked back after Auckland lockdowns disrupted their super city business plans.

Joe Pryor, 63, walked out of his workplace about 8am on Friday after writing “be back at 10.30” on a whiteboard. He hasn't been seen since.

We now know which regions are moving into red and orange settings this week. Here's how hospitality will look in the new traffic light system.

OPINION: Black Friday is synonymous with bargains however it was stocks that were on sale on the last day of the week as markets were riled by the emergence of the new Covid variant Omicron.

One kilometre of fibreglass cloth, 175 sheets of marine ply, 900 litres of epoxy and 28 years of hard work – but the project remains incomplete. Stoney Bourke is getting old, and so is his waka.

Manawatū-Whanganui region split in half under new traffic light system, the dividing line being based on vaccination rates as well as number of cases.

Petrol stations and eateries in Nelson are among the 180 locations of interest listed by the Ministry of Health in the Delta outbreak.

The "complexities" of the traffic light system mean the annual fireworks and music performances can't be held this year, but Rythym and Alps will go ahead as planned.