Kiwis arriving in Queensland will need to quarantine on arrival, following the recent Covid-19 cases in Auckland.

The Ministry of Health have updated their website with further advice for those who have visited the locations of interest the new community case visited.

The closed library and Gordon Wilson Flats are on the list, as well as the Wellington Trades Hall.

The first 10 penguins sold for a total of over $100,000 with proceeds heading to a Canterbury children's charity.

The Foxton community has rallied together and collected more than $50,000 to help the family of Zara Dykstra, a 2-year-old with brain cancer.

Police say the man who camped out in a stranger's ceiling had already broken into at least 12 properties across the Wellington region over the preceding month.

The cost of parking in central Christchurch could rise by almost 50 per cent from July.

Moriori descendants have been fighting to reclaim their hokopapa and for a repair of their historical record through a Treaty settlement since 1988.

Aching muscles, lethargy and what seems like a tummy bug could all point to Covid - even if the typical fever and dry cough we've been told to be on alert for, aren't showing.

A woman whose son was murdered by his babysitter is in hospital after being crushed by a car.

A Greymouth man has turned his house into a "fortress" after being harassed and abused by his neighbours.

Marni Sheppeard was once rescued after spending more than a week clinging to a rocky mountainside in poor weather. Now she is missing again.

A Taranaki council has been called out for “poor practice” after asking for community feedback over Christmas, sparking a debate amongst councillors.

The smell of petrol wafted through the air and American flags whipped in the Taranaki wind as cars cruised around the coast for the first day of Americarna.

A person has died and three others were injured after a serious crash in Dome Valley.

Christchurch could soon have redesigned suburbs, homes with just wind and solar energy, and more LED street lights - all to mitigate climate change.

Expected roadwork closures on Auckland motorways, allow extra time for late night journeys.

The stop-start trial of two Taranaki brothers facing a raft of charges stuttered along on Wednesday, hearing from witnesses alleging their vehicles had been stolen.

Environment Canterbury's controversial rates hike will fund three years of planning for national freshwater reforms.

Health Minister confirms that doctor who gave two elderly Australians up to four times the correct dose of a Covid-19 vaccine had not received the required training.