Cyclists thought they had been banned from using a key stretch due to a 'no cycling' sign, but Waka Kotahi has now clarified they can use it - and the sign should have been covered.

The number of Covid-19 cases in the community has dropped from yesterday's record high, with 208 new cases reported today.

Women's involvement in many different aspects of the nation's goldfields has been underplayed, even for those who became successful businesswomen, especially as hotel owners, a researcher says.

There is a reprieve for the Manawatū town of Feilding.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has used her Waitangi Day speech to call for people to come together and overcome the challenges facing the country today and into the future.

Today's Waitangi Day commemorations were like never before with the Waitangi Treaty Grounds closed due to Covid-19 and ceremonies going online.

Police are appealing for sightings of a dangerous prisoner who failed to return to jail after he was granted permission to attend a funeral.

Heavy rain is expected to cause slips and flooding in Taranaki today, on the back of 24 hours of deluges.

The Tertiary Education Union is worried small polytechnics will not survive a major overhaul of education funding, despite the viability of small polytechnics being a goal of the changes.

The clean up begins today in parts of the West Coast, after hundreds of people were evacuated on Friday night over fears of flooding.

One person has died at the scene of a crash in Auckland last night, and four other people have been left injured.

The Green Party wants the government to cover extra sick days for school support staff through the pandemic.

The Covid-19 Response Minister says there is no need to panic as the country records its largest daily total of new communty cases since the pandemic began.

Opinion - New Zealand's position amidst tensions between Russia, Ukraine and the West is examined by international analyst Geoffrey Miller.

A Covid-19 modeller says people who get infected with Covid-19 this long weekend may not show up on the case tally for another two weeks.

Rotorua's Kleadmak Farms has been fined $27,000 after pigs were found grazing in native bush and effluent discharged into Umurua Stream.

Civil Defence says the effects of heavy rainfall on the West Coast have not been as severe as feared.

The chair of the Waitangi National Trust says he's pleased by the response to the cancellation of in-person events at Waitangi this year.