Figures show teachers have claimed more than 183,000 sick days so far this year, nearly twice as many as at the same time in 2019 - at some schools it is breaking the bank.

A reported truce between the Killer Beez and Tribesmen is considered an "incredibly tricky" achievement, a gang expert says. A reported truce between the Killer Biz and Tribesmen is considered...

About 2500 riders hit the slopes on Coronet Peak today and relatively calm weather made for the perfect opening day to Queenstown's ski season.

For more than two weeks an inquest into the death of a Palmerston North mental health ward patient has examined events leading to his suspected suicide.

The review found the fund created over 8400 job and while minister Stuart Nash said it "built communities", he also admitted there were flaws.

Cantabrians are set to receive cheaper public transport, more flood recovery support and an extra $300,000 in contestable community funding.

Home was like Once Were Warriors for Kathy Coster - who is the third generation of her family to have been in state care.

A patient has died at Middlemore Hospital after leaving the emergency department because of long wait times.

Health Minister Andrew Little says people should not have to wait weeks to see their GP, and the future of primary care needs to evolve to better suit the public and GPs.

Another 15 people have died with Covid-19 and there are 5435 new community cases, the Ministry of Health says.

While the weather looks more settled than the thunderstorms at the beginning of the week, MetService says there is still wet weather on the way.

Covid-19 Response Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall says the availability and cost of getting a test has also increasingly become a barrier to people travelling to NZ.

The building in Tauranga's Historic Village has been destroyed by a fire in the early hours of the morning.

A woman, who moved between numerous foster care placements during her state care, says the then Social Welfare Department was a faceless agency that did not take responsibility for those in its care.

More wet weather means the slip at Lyell on SH6 remains "highly active", Waka Kotahi says.

An Auckland councillor says talks were held with rival Auckland gangs over the weekend and if a reported truce is true, he hopes it will continue.

Winter has arrived in Aoteoroa's tourism mecca, bringing with it plenty of snow and heralding the start of the ski season.

Wellington Hospital is being forced to spend millions of dollars extra sending patients to private providers for MRI and CT scans as its old scanning machines fail to cope.