Nicole Leger went on to assault a female comrade but told a court martial that a sergeant was not charged after twice touching her thigh in a separate incident.

Midwife Helen Bakker told a student to give pregnant woman saline instead of pain relief.

Five helicopters and fire crews on the ground contained the 70 hectare blaze on Monday afternoon, as crews may remain on site overnight.

Jacinda Ardern tests negative for Covid-19.

'National Party MPs are in Queenstown, where Christopher Luxon says the government is about, "Big failure to deliver, big addiction to spending".

New Zealand's largest one-day festival has been cancelled - the third time the event's orangisers have pulled an event in the last week.

Firefighters had left the scene of a fire, which started in the ceiling of the seventh floor of a Victoria St office building, by 4pm.

The man, in his 20s, was killed while he repaired a machine used in harvesting operations in the forest.

That would leave just one aged-care provider across South Wairarapa.

The decision for BNZ Terrace End to go cashless has some worried they are being left behind.

Police and fire crews are at the scene of a crash that has closed a section of the highway between Picton and Blenheim.

As National tries to make its way back from the wilderness, it's looking to its overseas counterparts for advice on how to reinvent itself.

Police will bring in specialist divers to help find a motorist who is missing after their ute went into the Clutha River near Cromwell.

One cafe has seen a 40 per cent drop in revenue as trepidation about the more contagious Covid-19 variant takes hold.

Still in shock, employees woke up without a job to go to after a huge fire engulfed a factory. Now bosses hope it may be re-built or moved to a temporary site.

Miles McConway's departure from Christchurch City Council comes a month after it was revealed he was not vaccinated against Covid-19.

A boy is in critical condition and a girl seriously injured after they were shot at a house.

Mask wearing 'a bit annoying', says student as schools return under red Covid-19 setting.

Ffirefighters are battling a blaze covering about five hectares of native bush in Waikato.

Environment Southland has confirmed the visitor, who became a close contact with staff members in Invercargill, has tested negative for Covid-19.