Drains on the power grid from the transition to electric vehicles may be offset as lines company Vector expands a promising trial.

Christchurch's population of endangered tarāpuka/black-billed gulls may have a new home.

A Waikato animal sanctuary is determined all 2000 battery hens will be adopted in its latest rescue.

New Zealanders in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands could find themselves stranded with no transit through Australia when the travel bubble starts.

A person has been arrested and the Defence Force bomb squad is arriving after a person was seen acting suspiciously around the Whenuapai Air Base in north-west Auckland.

Hawke's Bay mayors are now divided over new water reforms, despite all of them singing from the same song sheet less than six months ago.

While the greyhound racing body is confident about a new review into the sport, animal welfare proponents say the industry has repeatedly failed to improve.

Dunedin City Council has bought a new specialist machinery which lets it test for lead in the water every 20 minutes, as a review into spiking lead in the water supply.

Three people have been arrested for trespass during a protest in an urban Auckland forest.

There have been no arrests after the firearms incident at a luxury Auckland hotel yesterday, but police have confirmed it is linked to raids on both the Head Hunters and Mongols.

The head of Auckland Airport expects tens of thousands of passengers to be travelling to and from Australia on the first day of the trans-Tasman bubble.

The government has opened the door for border workers to undergo less-invasive saliva testing for Covid-19.

The Transport Agency is continuing to work on what to do about truck handbrake failures that have caused deaths and injuries.

There have been no new community cases and just one case in managed isolation reported in New Zealand today.

Racing Minister Grant Robertson is launching a review into greyhound racing, warning he is not satisfied with the industry's work on animal welfare.

Minister of Transport Michael Wood has announced increase fines for getting pinged using a cellphone while driving will increase to $150 from $80 from the end of April.

The publicity campaign for the Covid-19 vaccine is being scaled up next week and the latest research shows there are still plenty of people who need convincing.

A US watchdog of state surveillance says the advisers that New Zealand police are bringing in have a lot to watch out for.