A young law student with a summer job at leading firm Russell McVeagh said she felt like a field mouse being hunted when she was cornered at a Christmas party.

Most of us support lockdowns and have adopted protective behaviours in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, research shows.

Victims of the supermarket stabbing in Dunedin express "thanks and gratitude" for the support they have been shown since the attack a week ago.

Alastair Don told police he put his flatmate "to sleep" after the pair were heard arguing during last year's coronavirus lockdown.

New Zealanders aged from 6 months to 64 years can access the flu jab from today after international manufacturing issues delayed the rollout.

Heavily pregnant and post-partum women in prison will no longer be chained, the head of the Department of Corrections says.

FAST leader Fiame Naomi Mata'afa is expected to call for Samoa's parliament to be reconvened so she can form a government.

Lorraine Reade leapt under a table with no idea what was happening as a small tornado made its way over her north Taranaki business, ripping sheets of iron from its roof.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison will travel to Queenstown to meet Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in two weeks time.

Three Taranaki police officers charged with manslaughter after the death of a man in custody made “no significant or serious attempt” to assess his health, the Crown has alleged.

A Canterbury businessman died from a fall after drinking 3.5 litres of beer and up to 1.7 litres of wine in less than four hours.

An active, independent man in his late eighties needed two amputations to his leg after an 'incomplete' assessment. He now requires 'constant care'.

Forty jobs in the road construction area are on the line at the firm, which is owned by the Christchurch City Council.

The alleged arson, which broke out in the snack aisle of the supermarket, will see the store closed for at least another month.

Critical shortages of ventilators during the Covid-19 pandemic have got scientists investigating less usual ways of helping people breathe.

One person has been seriously injured in a paragliding crash about 50 metres up a hill near Te Onepoto/Taylors Mistake Beach

Further wastewater samples have been collected from the Wellington region after two samples returned a weak positive result for Covid-19.

Hundreds of foreign investors are expected to arrive in New Zealand thanks to border exemptions allowing wealthy investors linked to two government programmes to visit.

Much of the South Island will be covered in snow on Tuesday, with blustery 130kmh gales also forecast.

A cluster in one of Fiji's main hospitals means it is closed off to the general public, delaying a woman's chemotherapy by three months.