ACC's new policy on the most common type of childbirth-related injury is leaving many women struggling to get the treatment they need.

The Cornwall Park cow controversy has animal advocates in a spin.

The rally, organised by the Wellington Alliance Against Sexual Violence, is calling on authorities to commit to changing the culture of Wellington.

It will be the end of an era this week in Christchurch, when the city's last United Video store shuts up for good.

A private Christchurch boys' school has apologised to those who suffered historical abuse there and appointed an independent facilitator to help with redress.

The Ministry of Health has revised the timeframe for this year's rollout of the influenza immunisation programme, due to begin in two weeks.

After a report revealing systemic failings in safety practices at Ports of Auckland, Independent Māori Statutory Board deputy chair Tau Henare says port chief executive Tony Gibson should "just bugger off".

Former All Black captain Sean Fitzpatrick says New Zealand Rugby won't get a better deal than what US investment firm, Silver Lake, is offering and they should take the money.

Another charge will be laid against two men in relation to alleged sexual offending involving underage girls in West Auckland in 2013.

The man killed by two people in Napier has been named - and police have released a picture of a car they want sightings of in relation to his death.

Some migrants have not seen their families for more than a year and others are grieving the loss of parents, thousands of kilometres away.

A driver has died after his vehicle hit a tree in Te Awamutu this morning.

An Auckland man has been found guilty of careless use of a Lime scooter in a landmark court decision this morning.

Statistics New Zealand says Auckland's population may rise to two million by early next decade.

A tourism fund to help local councils build infrastructure for visitors is set to re-open.

Hundreds of managed isolation vouchers have come free for April, and authorities are urging travellers to snap them up.

Two new cases of Covid-19 have been found in managed isolation, with no new cases in the community, the Ministry of Health says.

An original Banksy painting sold for $1.7 million in Auckland last night making it the most expensive work by a contemporary artist ever sold in New Zealand.