Investors who bought a house today will have scraped in on avoiding the government's extension to the bright-line test.

Cook Islands businesses are disappointed over travel bubble vagueness, and while PM Mark Brown is "very confident" of a May start date, he says it's needed if the economy is to survive until next year.

From a population of just 300 breeding pairs in the late 1990s, the North Island kōkako now boasts 2000 pairs.

The principal of a Northland Catholic college is pushing to know why a predator priest was sent to his school to take up the role as rector there in the late 1970s.

A former Child, Youth and Family carer has been found guilty of sexually violating and indecently assaulting young boys in his care.

A body found in a wooded area of Invercargill is believed to be that of missing man Raymond Horn.

Crashes on two state highways have left one person critically injured and blocked lanes, causing delays.

The impact of Covid-19 on the potato chip industry in the Northern Hemisphere is putting locally grown and processed hot potato chips at the local chippie under threat.

A digital health passport developed by the International Travel Association which is being trialled by Air New Zealand is likely to become a baseline standard, a computer science professor says.

New Zealand expects to open a two-way travel bubble with the Cook Islands in May and is planning a vaccination campaign there.

Some Auckland secondary schools are blaming the pandemic for a surge in anxiety and behaviour problems among their students.

A fishing boat master has been fined $13,000 for not deploying seabird protection equipment while long-lining for tuna and swordfish.

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A musician facing charges of sexual offending has kept name suppression at his appearance in the Wellington District Court today.

A Rahui will be placed on an area in Foveaux Strait following the discovery of a deadly parasite that could put the entire bluff oyster trade at risk.

There have been three new imported cases of Covid-19 today, with the Health Ministry also confirming that all the close contacts of an infected MIQ cleaner have returned negative test results.

The government's new housing policy will likely make Northland rental property squeeze even tighter, a Northland-Te Tai Tokerau real estate agent says.

The Catholic Church has for the first time formally apologised to survivors of abuse within the church.