Tomorrow marks the second anniversary of Aoteroa's first Covid-19 case. But rapid tests and spread among young people are making it a very different pandemic.

Police say leaders of the anti-mandate protests at Parliament grounds have lost control of unruly members within the crowd, with one man arrested last night and charged with inciting violence.

The Auckland Domain remains closed to vehicles until further notice, because a small number of anti-mandate protesters have set up tents there and stayed overnight.

There has been a record 14,941 new community cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand today, with 305 people now in hospital.

The organiser of Auckland's pride march says yesterday's protest on the harbour bridge took place on the same day his event was supposed to happen - and was deeply frustrating.

Police have arrested two people following the death of 22 year-old man Lake Takimoana, who was shot in Nelson on Tuesday afternoon.

Plans to turn an overgrown former bowling green into housing in Palmerston North have been met with distaste by most in submissions.

A man who attempted to swim across the Cook Strait has reportedly died just after completing the feat of endurance.

The Police Association says officers who lost their jobs should be allowed to return to work after a High Court Ruling quashed a Covid-19 vaccine mandate.

Videos on social media show protesters in Auckland Domain putting up a number of tents tonight.

Hospitals across the country are receiving anti-Covid-19 mandate protesters returning from Parliament, as some protesters have reportedly been spitting on police in Wellington today.

Ukrainians and their supporters at a Wellington protest say it's agonising not being able to help those at home, but are unimpressed at a request to merge with the anti-Covid mandate protest.

Four years ago, Christchurch City Council declared it was going to get tough on the owners of 30 central city buildings left derelict since the 2011 earthquake.

All southbound traffic lanes on State Highway One over the Auckland Harbour Bridge have now reopened after they were closed while anti-mandate protesters marched across the bridge.

An employee who complained she was criticised for taking one sick day due to menstruation-related illness has reached a settlement with her employer.

The pandemic has impacted all businesses, but NZ's construction sector is reeling, and ongoing systemic problems are undermining it, four experts say.

You think you're doing the right thing by reporting your rape. You think it might help prevent the same thing happening to others. But what happens if your attacker is found not guilty?

An unvaccinated man plans on travelling to New Zealand - and there's no way to tell he hasn't had the jab.