Traffic was disrupted around the country today, with convoys of tractors and utes with dogs on board arriving in dozens of centres around New Zealand, as farmers protested against government regulations.

The Nurses Organisation has agreed to consider the government's pay offer and lifted a two-day strike notice.

A close eye is being kept on the Buller River, with heavy rain and flooding sparking a state of emergency.

A man who was shot by police at a busy Auckland intersection yesterday has been released from hospital and charged with multiple offences.

After Shane Conza helped Eli Epiha hide a gun after the shooting of two police officers, the pair were stopped by a patrol. Epiha, who had earlier committed murder, told Conza to act cool.

Efforts to save the stranded orca calf and reunite it with a pod has reached a "delicate stage" as stormy weather has halted air and sea searches for a second day.

The man who was shot dead by police in Hamilton fired a military-style semi-automatic weapon at officers.

Our feline friends are dining on a range of imported food, but purrfer the cuisine of one country over its competitors.

Some Wellington children and teenagers with severe mental health needs are facing more than six month wait times.

No new community cases of Covid-19 have been reported in New Zealand today, with five new cases in managed isolation.

Traffic is still heavy around the country, after convoys of tractors and utes with dogs on board arrived in dozens of centres around NZ, in a farmers' protest against government regulations.

Armed police have arrested three men at a house just outside of Christchurch this morning in connection with a shooting last weekend.

A researcher is worried the proliferation of crime-fighting computer algorithms will only make ingrained police bias against Māori worse.

It is still unclear how or where the Covid-19-positive crew from a Spanish fishing vessel headed for Christchurch will be cared for but MIQ is ready and waiting on word from health authorities.

The Police Association is demanding improvements to make frontline police officers feel safer after two separate shooting incidents in the space of 24 hours.

At least 18,000 foreign workers will be allowed to stay in New Zealand twice as long under changes to essential skill visas for people in jobs paying below the median wage.

The government is counting another drop in unemployment numbers as a win - but others say the figures don't paint the whole picture.

Quarantine-free travel from Victoria to New Zealand will be paused from early tomorrow morning, as the Australian state goes into a snap five-day lockdown tonight.