Covid-19 lockdowns in the world's largest Polynesian city have forced the Auckland Arts Festival to re-schedule much of a year's work in the space of a week.

The IPCA and the Privacy Commissioner are broadening their investigation into the police practice of photographing innocent youth to include any member of the public.

A community cafe on Karanghape Rd in Auckland may be forced to close if it cannot raise $60,000 by the end of the month.

The government is spending a million dollars a day on transitional and emergency housing such as motels and boarding hostels.

The Director-General of Health was invited to the Black Caps vs Australia Twenty20 match in Wellington on Sunday by New Zealand Cricket.

The largest superyacht destined for New Zealand in time for tomorrow's America's Cup has confirmed it has been denied entry because Immigration considers its crew too big a bubble.

There has been a significant upswing in domestic enrolments at the tertiary institution - offsetting the decline in international enrolments.

A former state-approved caregiver accused of sexually abusing boys took the stand today to give evidence at his trial.

Using te reo Māori on air is not in breach of the country's broadcasting standards and the BSA is saying that's the end of the matter, refusing to hear further complaints on it.

Rental shortages in some of the country's regions are being described as dire by property managers.

The NZ Nurses Organisation will not rule out strike action during the mass Covid-19 vaccine rollout if it is unable to reach an agreement on satisfactory pay agreements, it says.

After years of preparation, Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa are finally set to enter the starting box tomorrow - getting the America's Cup officially under way.

The crash happened just after 1pm in the North Shore suburb of Belmont.

Several people have been arrested as protesters at Canal Rd in Avondale used a crane in a last-ditch effort to save 23 native trees.

The government has suspended talks over the Bluff aluminium smelter until it gets environmental commitments over cleaning up its landfill and spent cell-liner waste.

A search and rescue operation is under way after a man failed to return home from a fishing trip in the Mackenzie District on Saturday.

Seven fire vehicles attended the scene after a two-storey car crushing machine caught fire in the second blaze on the property this year.

Four cases of Covid-19 have been discovered in managed isolation facilities, one of them a historical case, the Health Ministry says.