By 1pm on Tuesday there were 129 passengers and and two crew members reported as having Covid on the Ovation of the Seas.

Karamea locals had enjoyed the fossilised bones for generations, but at the weekend a group turned up with a rock saw and took the fossil home.

Bad weather forced the prime minister's flight to turn around today after two hours in the air.

A father of six who was raped over a period of several years by a family friend is on a hikoi to raise awareness about sexual violence against men.

A jury has either acquitted or been unable to decide if a Wellington man who climbed into the beds of sleeping drunk women sexually assaulted them.

The milestone comes as new MP Soraya Peke-Mason enters Parliament, meaning there are currently 60 women and 59 men.

Sebby's father, Neil, broke down sobbing as he carried his child's ashes through the airport. "We don’t want this to happen to anyone."

A large number of police officers were carrying out a scene examination at a two-storey property in Roslyn.

A leaked email has revealed Christchurch Hospital’s emergency department had double the number of patients it was resourced for on the night in question.

A young boy died after visiting two hospitals. Another patient left a busy ED, and later died. What's happening in our emergency rooms?

On Tuesday, police confirmed the victim was still in hospital in a serious but stable condition.

First Union says the New Zealand court's ruling is a landmark with international implications. Is it?

One gram of a loved one’s ashes will be placed into small tokens, rocketed into space and attached to a satellite that could orbit Earth for a decade.

After news of a $63m forecast deficit for 2022, a former top executive doubts significant cost savings can be acheived without redundancies.

Fourth-term councillor Pauline Cotter has been appointed Christchurch’s deputy mayor at council’s first meeting, despite her challenger for the Innes ward calling for a recount.

Lyn Ratahi spends hours cutting, shaping and polishing her handpicked rocks into objects of beauty.

Mourin Das thinks two years as a registered doctor in the UK and Australia should be enough to qualify for a job in NZ's stretched health system.

Infants, and young people entering uni halls of residence could access the meningococcal B vaccine for free, Pharmac is proposing.

A person was pulled out of the car after it crashed into the water, but they couldn't be revived, police said.

A motorcyclist is in a serious condition after a crash on SH16 in West Auckland, which has caused road closures.