Talent that stretches across acting, film crews and production plus some "stellar locations" are helping cement Otago's reputation as a film-friendly region, an industry coordinator told Standing Room Only.

A young girl who was hit by a car at an Auckland school car park earlier this week has died in hospital.

Movie goers are being warned to watch out for a scam social media page which purports to be promoting the New Zealand film Cousins.

People building or renovating their homes may have to increase their budgets, as one of the country's major timber suppliers halts some local supplies.

A large scrub fire in the Canterbury high country near Castle Hill has largely been contained.

An audit of the number of people scanning Covid-19 QR code posters in Dunedin has shown "concerningly low" numbers of people scanning in, an Otago University academic says.

An appeal by convicted drug smuggler Karel Sroubek against his deportation will be heard in July.

There have been no new community cases of Covid-19 and just one new imported case reported today.

As the yearly muster of Kaimanawa wild horses draws near, a home is yet to be found for about 150 of them.

Police are appealing for information after a man attacked and robbed a good samaritan near Queenstown.

Carterton's boil-water notice - issued earlier this month - has been lifted.

The police are investigating a serious assault in Hastings early this morning.

The Security Intelligence Service is being praised for allowing more transparency after releasing its annual report, which discloses a citizen is working for a foreign state's intelligence services.

Thousands have gathered in Tāmaki Makaurau-Auckland to celebrate Nepali culture and identity over the weekend as the migrant community in the city continues to grow.

Two people have died overnight in separate road crashes.

The Security Intelligence Service says it has found a person in New Zealand who is working for a foreign state's intelligence services.

The former Catholic Bishop of Palmerston North who resigned after an allegation of inappropriate behaviour with a young woman is still a bishop and receiving financial help from the church.

More than a thousand people have turned out for a rally in central Auckland calling for discrimination against Asians to stop.