Immediate residency offered to some skilled migrants but others can work towards residence in a major rebalancing of the immigration system. Read the full jobs list here.

Son of former prime minister John Key takes his chance at a Business NZ lunch to ask the sitting PM about debt, after her announcement on immigration and border changes.

Nurses and midwives say an immigration shake-up privileges male-dominated professions and will do little to help fill hundreds of vacancies in New Zealand.

It would be abhorrent for most jurors to grapple with the suggestion that a 12-year-old might be consenting, Crown tells Court of Appeal.

A young man who arrived at a Christchurch home on the pretext of buying an iPhone pulled a large knife on a man in front of his wife and small children.

The changes would affect State Highway 73 and 75 between Christchurch and Akaroa, and SH74 in Lyttelton from late July or early August.

Two 15-year-olds have been charged and a third teen referred to Youth Aid after a high-profile incident at an Auckland shopping centre.

Elizabeth Zhong was followed around SkyCity by associates of her former business partner, who were tasked with taking photos of her.

The science is now clear that Covid-19 almost never spreads from surfaces, but Parliament is still cleaning hundreds of doorhandles a day.

A man saw flames, thick black smoke and heard popping sounds after he narrowly escaped a house fire.

A senior police officer is appealing to the driver who struck Castlepoint resident Lawziah Karaitiana to 'dig deep' and turn themselves in.

One person was flown to Christchurch Hospital with serious injuries while another had moderate injuries after the single-car crash on Methven Highway.

Richard Ford, who was last seen on the morning of April 24, was reported missing from his Tāhunanui home in Nelson.

Queenstown Lakes District man denies knowledge of drugs in a courier package intercepted by police.

An Auckland councillor says any congestion charging in Auckland will unfairly affect people in lower-socioeconomic areas such as south Auckland.

The Waitangi Tribunal urged the Crown to pause its progression of the Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki Nui-ā-Rua Settlement Bill.

ANALYSIS: There was a general feeling of relief around the borders being fully reopened, but making sure the new immigration system delivers will take some work.

Children's Minister Kelvin Davis isn't stopping at Oranga Tamariki over the death of Malachi Subecz, and expects a review of all agencies who could have intervened.

The man, who had dementia, weighed 43kg after police found him, and was "quiet and anxious", a psychiatrist who assessed him said.

About 1000 Aucklanders may be without internet for 33 hours, after a cable was damaged by rodents. Chorus estimates fibre will be back by 2am on Thursday.