A 6.4 magnitude quake in the Kermadec Islands follows January's Tongan volcanic eruption which caused tsunami waves.

Officials say the fire at Mitre 10 MEGA Te Rapa on Maahanga Drive in Hamilton is now out, with an investigator on scene.

Earlier, all Soundsplash attendees were asked to get tested as the festival was a location of interest linked to the Covid-19 community outbreak.

From Sunday onwards, all of Waikato and Coromandel is on high alert for scrub, forest and grass fires after receiving little rain since December.

The sister of a woman injured after being hit by a driver fleeing police in a reportedly stolen car in central Christchurch overnight believes a seatbelt saved her sister’s life.

As a member of the once infamous Harris family from Christchurch, Marlanna Harris is desperate for a "normal" life. But she has been stuck in temporary housing for years.

Fire investigators are on scene after a man died overnight at an east Auckland home.

Even after contracting company J Swap learned of a slip that had destroyed part of an historically significant pā site, it kept blasting.

It was the balconies which sold Te Papa's Courtney Johnston on her apartment - despite the fake grass.

Victoria University has admitted it caused “significant harm” to former students by failing to act on complaints about late music lecturer Jack Body.

Taranaki horse trainer Trudy Keegan has been charged with a breach of racing rules after an investigation into the alleged use of a fake vaccine pass.

The 54-year-old driver died on State Highway 24 after his car went into a ditch.

Some Wellingtonians have been awaiting the motorway’s completion for decades longer than the rest of us.

Jacinda Ardern is self isolating after taking a flight from Kerikeri to Auckland which had a Covid-19 case onboard.

Charlotte Bellis says she was forced to ask senior Taliban leaders in Afghanistan for refuge when she couldn't get an MIQ spot to come back to New Zealand.

A Lotto player from Auckland has won $21m from Powerball First Division and Lotto First Division.

Award-winning New Zealand filmmaker Taika Waititi has shared a photo from the inside of an MIQ hotel, revealing the Oscar winner is back in New Zealand.

Grey District mayor Tania Gibson says it was disappointing that people "would stoop so low".

Two of the four Covid-19 community cases reported in Canterbury earlier this week have now been determined to be the Omicron variant.

From the creator of Line of Duty comes a new series set in the world of police bomb disposal, while the Byrdes are back - and in more danger than ever.