Social service providers are concerned about the impact of the country's largest inflation rise in more than 30 years, saying many people are struggling with rising costs.

A shop owner on the West Coast is dealing with the damage of half a metre of water flooding inside, after a severe storm overnight.

Police have revealed the Taranaki man shot and killed by police on Saturday night was not armed.

A lack of consequences for breaking bylaws restricting vehicle access to beaches in the Ōpōtiki district has meant an unsuccessful breeding year for New Zealand dotterel on Ōhiwa beach and spit.

A 100-litre white chilly bin believed to belong to a missing fisherman has washed up on the shoreline of Whale Island.

A Wairarapa town claims some of New Zealand's gnarliest skating moments, and it is now home to the Wellington region's biggest skatepark.

Local councils often stand in the way of young people trying to keep the nation's war graves in pristine condition, a volunteer says.

Questions are being asked about whether 30 hectares of native forest really needs to be felled to make way for a long-awaited bypass in northern Taranaki.

A dog which fled its Queenstown home during a violent storm was found 6 kilometres away - to the delight of its owner.

A man has been arrested after a patrol car was rammed and another car smashed into during wild scenes on the roads in central Timaru this morning.

Auckland recorded its hottest April temperature since 1998 yesterday afternoon.

Another 18 people with Covid-19 have died and there are 10,294 new community cases in New Zealand today, the Ministry of Health says.

Locals say Tairāwhiti has had a constant hammering of bad weather - with at least five storms in the past year shutting off roads and cutting off communities.

Police say the incident appears to be isolated.

State Highway 1 in Levin is closed after two vehicles collided on Thursday afternoon.

Police have accepted their conduct was unreasonable during an arrest in which a 14-year-old suffered a broken wrist and a cut to his forehead.

Frustration is mounting that a long-awaited new bridge connecting two North Island districts can't yet be used.

Two more Hector's dolphins have been found dead on South Island beaches.