Every Party in Parliament has signed on to a joint-statement saying they will not talk to the convoy protesters until they clear the streets.

As many as 10,000 public health staff - including contact tracers and those processing Covid-19 tests - will strike in a move expected to cause significant disruption.

Defence Force yet to decide if it will use its salvage trucks to tow the cars and campers blockading Parliament.

A former private investigator and cake maker was found with stolen Trelise Cooper clothing in her house, including a package labelled for Canada.

“It’d just be nice to see it back to normal,” says Picton business owner as the Nelson Square protest shows no sign of slowing.

Seivin Kim and Justin Yang have beaten about 700,000 others worldwide in mathematics and literature in English.

Stunning summer days and warm temperatures are forecast for many places, but heavy rain and strong winds are on the way for Fiordland.

Former Wellington mayor Sir Robert Macalister bequeathed the holiday home in Blackwood Bay with the intention it be used by future generations.

Parties in Parliament have finally hammered out a deal by which MPs self-isolating at home can attend sittings of the house remotely.

"Where was their shame when disgraced brothers were shipped overseas instead of facing justice? Where was their shame when some of their victims took their own lives?"

A teen driver was caught driving drunk down Dunedin's notorious Castle St, prompting criticism from police who say the situation could have been a “recipe for disaster”.

An Auckland motorist is seriously injured after crashing into the road barrier and rolling under the Papakura overbridge, Police said.

Police say they are continuing to work towards a peaceful end to the protest, while MPs have revealed what will be needed for talks to take place with the group.

Three more schools in Nelson report Covid cases, including Nelson College on Thursday night, bringing the school tally in the city to six.

ANALYSIS: In the end it comes down to a political fix versus a logistical one, and the Government cannot cave to lawbreakers.

A boarded-up property on the University of Otago campus was incorrectly listed as a place of interest for party-going Otago students.

The Government faces criticism about an “overly bureaucratic” process to access tests.

School attendance nationwide is sitting about 90 per cent, as 320 ECE, kura, and schools across the country are managing Covid cases.

Billionaire businessman Graeme Hart has ordered 30 fishing boats, eight new tractors to help till volcanic ash back into the soil, and enough food to feed every child in Tonga breakfast.

The three people who work at the central Wellington site, a short walk from the protest at Parliament, are isolating, and close contacts have been identified.