Police were called to the Bushlands Campground at Tāngarākau, on State Highway 43, about 90 kilometres north-east of Stratford.

Hundreds of people gathered to remember entrepreneur and community leader Alasdair Cassels in the boutique mall he created.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will spend the next seven days in home isolation after her partner Clarke Gayford caught Covid-19.

"All they're looking at is your legs": The spotlight is on how women are treated in boardroom after the Lim controversy.

Police issued 130 fines and impounded seven motorbikes following the Head Hunters anniversary ride through Auckland.

The city can't afford to neglect its older, less well-off suburbs, says mayor Paula Southgate ahead of redevelopment.

Marae and iwi leaders are warning protesters they will continue to carry the shame of trampling tikanga unless they restore balance.

A person has died after a crash in Manawatū on Sunday morning.

"Damned if you did and damned if you didn't," Coastal hazards pioneer Jeremy Gibb was the Don't Look Up guy of 1989.

Parts of the West Coast and Canterbury could get up to 250mm of rain and gale forecast winds are possible.

While there's no doubt boys and young men are prone to reckless behaviour, it's not always their fault.

The Government is promising one cop for every 480 people and more support to stop ramraids.

"A lot of these boats ... get sold for $1 [online], which is a worry because you still have a derelict boat, but it's just owned by somebody else.”

Covid lab workers are among the 10,000 health workers taking industrial action, starting on Monday.

The speed limit on one of the most dangerous roads in central Taranaki will be dropped in the coming weeks.

World number one speedgolfer Jamie Reid set a new record for his sport at his home turf, Fitzroy Golf Club, on Saturday.

Firefighters are trying to put out a large fire in a gully near Dunedin.

The Government is investing $8 million into six Pacific health providers over four years, in a bid to denormalise smoking in Pasifika communities.

A crash so loud she thought it was an earthquake woke a New Plymouth woman around midnight on Saturday, but it turned out to be a car smashing through her neighbour’s fence.

Petrol prices are returning towards the levels that pushed the Government to act in March, and, $4 a litre is still on the table this year, says the AA.