Dilworth School says it let down students and parents when it chose not to notify the police about the chaplain's "over familiarity" with boys.

One person has been taken to hospital following the incident on Nuffield Ave in the suburb of Marewa.

ANALYSIS: The announcement of New Zealand's committment followed pledges from Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Australia.

National MP Simon Bridges will take on the coveted portfolio after bowing out of the party's leadership race.

The camping and glamping site is located in one of the country's least-vaccinated regions.

Councils will not get back control, but it is expected concessions will be made at the upcoming select committee after criticism of the policy's reach.

Empty shelves plague Countdown supermarkets around the country after last week's distribution centre strike.

Neighbours said they woke about 2am to yelling and screaming, before hearing a woman say: “I’m bleeding, I'm bleeding.”

Tree protection advocates are "distraught", but a property developer says the land the tree was on needed to be "maximised".

A thick soft sediment layer beneath the city will increase shaking during a quake, particularly along the waterfront, new research shows.

“Terrible” was Anita Baker’s own assessment of her on-air performance after taking to the airwaves to sing a Covid-tweaked rendition of Don McLean's American Pie.

Nearby streets were blocked off as a dozen police cars and the Armed Offenders Squad dealt with the "incident".

From Bond to a Thomasin McKenzie showcase and an unforgettable Palme d'Or winner, these are the reasons to get out and support your local movie theatre.

People waiting for their My Vaccine Pass receive temporary reprieve as the country prepares to move into the traffic light system.

The weather forecast is looking fine for most of the country on Friday.

People who visited the Sydenham restaurant and a BP Connect in Harewood on Sunday afternoon are urged to self-monitor for Covid symptoms.

People looking for an illegal high had drugs delivered to their letterbox by a 22-year-old dealer, a court was told.

An iwi has been granted its request to halt the harvesting of pāua in its community after the sea snails were almost fished to extinction.

Dressed in a bolo tie and cowboy boots, Tom Udall began his first meeting with the New Zealand media with a mihi.

Spidey is back, Steven Spielberg is behind a new version of West Side Story and a star-studded ensemble contemplate the end of the world.