Despite rising Omicron case numbers, hospitalisations and reinfections, the government has no plans yet to launch an annual Covid-19 vaccination booster for the majority of people.

Ukrainians are escaping to New Zealand only to find themselves locked out of jobs and housing, and turned away from MSD offices.

Before midnight tonight, the last total lunar eclipse until 2025 can be seen in New Zealand. The forecast is cloudy in some places, but there's still a way you can watch it happen.

University staff gathered on the Parliament steps in Wellington today, chanting for more funding and less staff cuts.

A young son has been robbed of the best father in the world, the High Court at Invercargill heard this afternoon.

Shorter sitting hours for parliament would allow MPs to spend more time with family and have a better work-life balance, party members say.

The Tauranga community has shown overwhelming support for a cultural centre that will tell the story of the New Zealand land wars.

New research has revealed more details about what caused the 2019 kākāpō pandemic which wiped out 10 percent of the population.

A weed control programme in the Rotorua lakes will see temporary rāhui at different times in the next three weeks.

Auckland Council's cultural and economic development agency Tātaki Auckland Unlimited says it is short of nearly $20 million to attract visitors to the city.

NIWA air quality researchers have launched a project to track ventilation and assess how vulnerable communities could be better protected from Covid-19.

Gruesome witness accounts of a street fight, the aftermath of a fatal stabbing and attempts by medical staff to revive the victim have been read to a jury in Whangārei.

Briefings by Stats NZ to ministers show it is engaged in a $100,000 "national trust and confidence marketing campaign".

Races are underway as thousands of punters look on at Christchurch's Addington Raceway for the New Zealand Trotting Cup today.

The man accused of murdering Dunedin man Sean Buis in a hit-and-run earlier this year can now be identified.

The Productivity Commission will investigate how New Zealand's economy has coped with supply chain disruptions.

Former Dilworth housemaster Ian Wilson will remain in prison for at least another 12 months after today being declined parole for the second time.

A Court of Appeal spokesperson said the mosque terrorist's appeal against his conviction and sentence was filed on 3 November.