The High Court has heard from New Zealand First Foundation donors who believed they were giving money to party leader Winston Peters.

Waikanae residents are reporting around three or four large pine trees have gone through roofs, after what is thought to be a tornado hit the Kāpiti Coast this afternoon.

The company at the centre of vaccination failures in Otago did not have cold chain accreditation at the time almost 1600 people received incorrectly stored vaccines.

Contractors have resumed removing the rot from Christchurch's fire-damaged wastewater treatment plant after a mechanical fault ground all work to a halt earlier this week.

Police have confirmed the name of the 30-year-old who they fatally shot after a family harm incident on Tuesday.

Nicolette Levy QC will head an investigation into the Crown's role in the miscarriage of justice surrounding Alan Hall.

Christchurch residents will have a chance to determine the next steps around shaky plans for a new stadium.

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A spate of vehicle break-ins has police in Blenheim appealing for information from the public to identify two offenders.

Gore police arrested the man after he allegedly threatened another man with the device during an altercation.

Coastal residents in Porirua and Kāpiti are being warned to prepare sandbags and shift their cars ahead of a heavy swell warning from midnight.

Snow forecast over the next few days means a large section of the Milford Road will close overnight from today.

What's thought to be a tornado has hit Kāpiti Coast, damaging houses and cars, while Transpower is inspecting its lines after lightning strikes hit the Wellington region causing power outages.

There are 27 new deaths of people with Covid-19 and 7927 new community cases in New Zealand today, the Ministry of Health has reported.

A high speed chase has ended with two people being detained for questioning over the death of a man on Sunday.

An Auckland tetraplegic is relieved the Accident Compensation Corporation has reversed a decision to slash his care by 14 hours per week following inquiries by RNZ.

Ten people have been arrested and more than six kilograms of methamphetamine seized in a Police and Customs sting across three cities.

Discovering that a man filmed their intimate sex act "utterly messed with" her head, a woman has told a district court judge.