Midwives up and down the country have mixed views on whether Covid-19 vaccine mandate should stay or go for the profession.

A third case of Monkeypox has been confirmed in New Zealand this afternoon but there is no evidence of community transmission from the person.

Students and tourists flocked to apply for visas on the day the last border restrictions were lifted.

Climbing onto a prison roof is no way to air a grievance, Corrections' chief custodial officer says, while promising a full inquiry.

July saw more than 220 millimetres of rain falling in the Marlborough town, the highest monthly total there since records began in 1930.

Six new rental homes will be built in Nelson, after a housing trust bought two properties from the Nelson City Council.

WorkSafe says it could take up to 12 months to investigate an accident in which a woman fell into a sinkhole and suffered serious burns.

Police have named the man who was found dead outside a Taranaki property at the weekend.

The Ministry of Health is reporting 7113 new Covid-19 cases in the community today, as well as a further 33 deaths with the virus.

Wind is causing havoc across the central South Island, downing trees and closing roads and ski fields.

Health officials are being asked to reconsider the evidence used to ban midwives from working if they are unvaccinated against Covid-19.

Six prisoners were on the roof of the youth unit since Monday afternoon.

A marine scientist says the impact of helicopter noise at Te Matuku marine reserve at Waiheke Island should be looked into.

A geothermal sinkhole in Rotorua has been filled in and steam vents installed, after a woman fell into it and suffered serious burns last week.

The 51-year-old tug, Kupe, which was retired from active service in 2018, has been sold to a commercial diving business in Vanuatu.

The prisoners, aged between 17 and 19, have been on the roof of the youth unit since Monday afternoon.

The first of three $116 instalments was paid yesterday to two million New Zealand tax residents who earn under $70,000.

Health professionals welcomed efforts to plug gaps in the system but cautioned that overseas doctors and nurses were not a panacea for depleted hospitals and clinics.