Civil Defence leaders have traded blows over who should have been calling the shots on Northland's tsunami evacuation alerts, and the national body has admitted acting too slow.

Huge shortages of pickers coupled with significant staff turnovers, it's been a nightmare of a season for orchard growers across the country, but a few brave souls have come to the rescue.

Survivors and family members of the victims of the Christchurch terror attack have told a public remembrance service that their lives will never be the same, but they are learning to rise up again with dignity.

New Zealand and Australia have issued a joint statement, expressing deep concerns about changes to Hong Kong's electoral system.

There are fundamental flaws in the newly announced multi-billion dollar Auckland transport package, and some of the claims made for it don't add up, say climate and transport groups.

There have been three new imported cases of Covid-19 reported today, with two new historical cases who returned an initial weak positive test a few days after leaving managed isolation.

Twenty-one frontline workers have refused the Covid-19 jab, three weeks into the vaccine rollout programme.

A Rotorua district councillor has expressed concern about children growing up in motels next door to gang members and Australia's 501 deportees.

In a scathing Environment Court decision, the EPA has been ordered to pay $110k000 to an oil and gas company it prevented from disconnecting a floating production station off the coast of Taranaki.

More than 1000 foreigners have been cleared to enter Aotearoa to attend the 36th America's Cup.

One person has died as a result of a collision between a truck and a car in Bay of Plenty this morning.

A special prayer service was held at Masjid Al-Nur in Christchurch this morning, to mark two years since the Christchurch terror attack.

The Ministry of Health does not believe routine blood lead surveillance testing is necessary in the wake of the East Otago drinking water scare.

New Zealanders spent quarter of a billion dollars on gambling in the final months of 2020 - the highest figure on record.

Nearly two years on from the massacre at two Christchurch mosques, a sharp focus remains on Islamophobia in New Zealand.

A free driving programme for ex-offenders has ambitions to teach those behind bars.

The demand for one-day nature or forest schools is on the rise, with advocates saying if schools do not provide more outdoor-based learning, the demand will continue to grow.

While a Mental Health Commission report has described frustration over the pace of change, mental health advocates have also criticised the lack of progress in helping people in Canterbury.