It's been decades in the making and today Transmission Gully has finally opened. RNZ looks at the long road to get here.

A Taranaki school's decision to test opinion on changing the names of its classroom blocks has caused a stir.

Planners at Auckland Council are resisting calls for a clampdown on helipads on the eve of a key meeting, amid whirling discontent in the Hauraki Gulf.

Boundary Road bridge in Hamilton is closed after a fatal crash.

Police say they were alerted about 1.15pm today and despite emergency services attending, the person died at the scene.

Police say that the body of a man, believed to be a tramper that went missing in Milford Sound on Monday, has been found.

There have been 15,918 new cases of Covid-19 in the community and 14 more deaths reported today.

A Linton soldier charged with espionage is applying for a chance to argue access to highly-classified information held by the NZSIS.

Fog at Wellington Airport continues to force the cancellation of flights in and out of the capital.

A rapid antigen test (RAT) rural delivery service would help supply the tests to the roughly 250,000 people who live remotely, the government has announced.

The new Transmission Gully motorway will open up the Wellington region, speed up travel times and bring in more business, a local mayor says.

The Pacific Island community will bear the burden of risks of lifting Covid-19 restrictions, says a Counties Manukau District Health Board member.

Bay of Plenty Regional Council found sediment-laden storm water discharging from the company's site into the harbour twice in 2020, the court heard.

Auckland Mayor Phil Goff says the city's residents will be disappointed with the decision to move the America's Cup to Spain, but Team New Zealand's boss is defending the move.

Two hundred infringement notices were issued by police following a crackdown on a gathering of illegal street racers in Waikato District last week.

Canterbury has almost three times the rate of new Covid-19 infections as Auckland, as the outbreak shifts south.

The closure of most of New Zealand's last remaining scallop beds around Auckland and Northland is being labelled a dramatic last ditch effort to save the species.

The $1.25 billion motorway between Wellington and Kāpiti has been riddled with delays and was originally due to open in April 2020.