"Widespread abuse" of employment law means tens of thousands of builders may be missing out on their basic employment rights and protections.

A gang expert says the police's arrest of senior gang members is significant and will reduce the supply of methamphetamine in the country.

New Zealand will receive a further 1 million doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine next month.

West Coast mayors are calling for a halt to identifying significant natural areas (SNAs) on private land, after suggestions that the process could be paused in the Far North.

Two of three mental health facilities inspected last year have been found not fit for purpose and one of them urgently needs refurbishing.

The two men jailed over the Red Fox Tavern shooting and robbery more than 30 years ago are appealing their convictions and sentences.

Significant improvements are needed if the government's joint venture on family and sexual violence is to succeed, the Auditor-General says.

There are no new cases of Covid-19 in the community, the Ministry of Health said in a statement.

Senior members of the Waikato Comancheros, the Waikato Mongrel Mob and the Head Hunters have been arrested as part of the New Zealand end of a massive international crime sting.

Residents in a rural area on the southern edge of Hamilton are angry at a nine-month closure of their road, saying it will put their lives at risk.

Pre-flight testing will ensure the chances of people spreading Covid-19 from Melbourne to New Zealand are low, an epidemiologist says.

The RSA is worried that the work of New Zealand's Defence Force is recognised overseas - but may be being overlooked at home.

There is relief in Whakatāne that the town's biggest employer has been thrown a lifeline - and the community isn't facing yet another economic hit.

The Opposition says health money should be spent on essential staff like nurses rather than on expensive back-office restructures.

The WHO's renaming of the multiple different strains of Covid-19 may be confusing at first, so here's a breakdown of each of them and what they refer to.

Auckland's water supply dams are still only half full but the city's overall supply is in better shape than last year, Watercare says.

A coroner has ruled a four-year-old boy died at an Auckland childcare centre while he was playing.

A man and a woman charged with the assault of a 4-year-old boy in Flaxmere have been remanded on bail.