What started as a health and fitness programme has evolved into a full-scale food bank because of the crushing impact of Covid-19.

Protesters have been seen damaging sprinklers which have been turned on at Parliament, with Speaker Trevor Mallard saying they will remain on all night. See how the day's events unfolded here.

Opinion - Neil Young has received relatively little support from fellow musicians after yanking his songs off Spotify, but then issuing clarion calls to political arms has never been his strong suit, writes David Cohen.

"...tay away from visibly oiled areas. Residual oil is likely to remain in the Cam/Ruataniwha [River] and Kaiapoi River upstream from the Williams Street bridge in Kaiapoi for the next few weeks."

The Ministry of Health says the number of cases will continue to fluctuate from day-to-day, but they expect cases will continue to increase in the coming weeks.

With the amount owed in unpaid MIQ bills climbing to $38.7 million, one academic says it could be time to start charging interest.

The government is celebrating a milestone of 10 million Covid-19 vaccines administered, as protesters against vaccine mandates continue to stake out the Parliament lawn.

A peaceful agreement has been reached to end protesters' occupation of a park in Picton by the middle of next week.

A former student of Marylands School in Christchurch has described it as a meat market with a rampant sexual culture.

More rain is forecast for much of the country going into the weekend, including the already drenched West Coast's Buller district which is in a state of emergency.

Thousands of kilograms of rubbish were washed out to sea in 2019, when an old landfill on the banks of the Fox River became exposed during flooding.

Auckland principals are reporting a mixed turnout as schools reopen for the year.

A man who was sexually abused by brothers in the Catholic Order of St John of God, in both New Zealand and Australia, says they used God to put fear into a child.

Queenstown Central is one of the least boosted suburbs in the country, as the town deals with its first known Omicron cases.

As Aotearoa's border reopening edges closer, families living in motels fear the country's housing crisis is about to get a whole lot worse.

Since the "mask up" mandate got stricter we're seeing more of the blue and white disposable ones covering mouths and noses. But where do they go when we chuck them?

A positive Covid-19 case has been confirmed in Dunedin with the person also spending time in Wanaka and Cromwell during their infectious period.

An expedition into one of Aotearoa's most remote areas has unlocked some long-hidden secrets, and will give Kiwis a glimpse into an unseen past.