Otago is on the cusp of a gold rush not seen since the 19th century as dozens of prospecting and exploration permits are held that follow the original gold-mining trail blazed in the 1860s.

A former Labour Party president says comments by outgoing MP Louisa Wall are unfair and untrue.

A protest at the former Marsden Point oil refinery is being monitored by the police.

Gisborne Mayor Rehette Stoltz says her week has been made after receiving a hand-written letter with $20 enclosed for flood relief efforts.

A New Zealand aid worker in Ukraine says the group he leads was one of the first to provide food in Bucha - where Russian troops executed 150 civilians.

The number of new community cases reported today has dropped to 6718, with 12 more deaths reported.

Plunket will cut its parenting programmes because it cannot afford to keep running them.

Police have arrested three people in relation to the death of Joshua Terrey, who was found dead in a Hamilton garden in 2019.

The initial blaze at Awarua wetlands has been going for a week but today, a car fire under a transmission line power pylon on Tiwai Road spread to dense mānuka scrub.

A Wellington city councillor will this year run as an independent, after being voted out as a candidate for the Green Party.

A concept plan is being developed for a city-wide drone network.

Hundreds of vintage radios that were part of a private collection in Auckland are being sold under the hammer.

Native bird numbers have reached new highs in the Department of Conservation's longest running bird monitoring project.

A Christchurch city councillor is calling for pro-active enforcement from the council and police to end an anti-mandate occupation in the central city.

The Office of the Children's Commissioner is concerned about Oranga Tamariki's new Hear Me, See Me campaign.

It's been a deadly Saturday on New Zealand roads, with two killed and three others injured in separate crashes.

Immigration New Zealand figures show fewer than 12,000 foreign students remain in the country.

The home and community support sector says more funding is essential if its services are to be maintained.