A project to remove all major pest species from Rakiura / Stewart Island will be the largest island-based predator eradication attempt in the world.

A campaign to encourage more Māori and Pasifika to get screened for bowel cancer was launched today, and Associate Health Minister Peeni Henare says early detection is crucial in helping prevent further deaths.

Eighty percent of students at a Māngere primary school are asking for a school-provided lunch, as parents struggle with the cost of feeding the family.

In findings which have startled scientists, new data shows car pollution is killing thousands of New Zealanders each year and costing the country billions of dollars.

Whakatāne District Council is lobbying for a more balanced, collaborative and equitable relationship between different levels of government.

Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu is jetting towards a zero-carbon future after unveiling the world's first electric tourism jet boat.

The government will set up a Grocery Commissioner as a watchdog for the supermarket industry, and is releasing a draft mandatory code of conduct.

Employers like Sealord are putting the heat on the government to help solve the major people-power problem that they blame for business closures, burnout and several-million-dollar losses.

A further 12 deaths of people with the coronavirus and 10,290 new community cases have been reported by the Ministry of Health.

The Muslim community is worried after a mosque in Tauranga was burgled and a car was set on fire in the week leading up to one of the biggest religious days of the year.

The time police are taking to release details of their internal inquiry into a serious miscarriage of justice in the Alan Hall case is being questioned.

Two main buildings at a Wellington secondary school have been rated earthquake prone but will stay open while strengthening is done.

One person has been spoken to by police after a threat that led to a school closure this morning.

Police are wanting the public's help to identify people who were in a vehicle of interest in a homicide case.

The four West Coast councils have joined forces to help save construction and demolition waste from going to landfill.

An employment specialist says the woman's successful case against ACC gives weight to workplace mental injury claims.

Nasa says it has lost contact with a satellite launched from New Zealand and now heading towards the Moon.

Police are investigating after an Auckland boys' secondary school closed this morning after an anonymous threat to two individuals.