Nurses have rejected the latest offer with the DHBs, with strikes planned for August and September now back on the table.

Supporters gathered at the Cloud on Auckland's waterfront jumped for joy today as rowers Grace Prendergast and Kerri Gowler came out victorious in a nail biting final.

Civil Defence is not expecting any coastal inundation in New Zealand from the massive magnitude 8.1 earthquake in the Alaska Peninsula this evening, but is still assessing the quake.

Oranga Tamariki has apologised for keeping a child in hospital because it could not find a suitable placement, describing the case as "unacceptable".

Six60 is turning the Dunedin flat which made their name and where they found fame into student housing, and offering scholarships to performing arts students.

A specialist engineer says he is "deeply disturbed" at how much effort the Transport Agency is putting into a clampdown on motorhomes and horse trucks.

A Canterbury pest bait manufacturer has been fined $275,000 by WorkSafe, after an employee nearly died from 1080 poisoning in 2019.

Napier City councillors are sticking up for the National Aquarium amid concerns about animal welfare and possible closure.

An Argentinian woman who poured bleach into her landlady's shampoo in a revenge attack has lost an appeal against being deported.

Caitlin, 17, was last spotted hopping off the school bus in Alexandra, about 8am on Tuesday.

The government placed nearly 4000 people in motels as part of its Covid-19 response but does not know where almost half of them exited to.

Minister for Children Kelvin Davis has called for an investigation into the treatment of a young child by Oranga Tamariki.

The Ministry of Health says there are appropriate isolation and infection prevention and control plans in place at all the metro-DHB hospitals to accommodate the patient from Fiji.

Hundreds of people were evacuated from Te Papa in Wellington where a suspicious item was found this afternoon.

Consumer NZ has responded to the Commerce Commission's draft report on supermarkets, saying regulatory intervention is needed to ease pressure on New Zealanders' pockets.

The police watchdog has found an officer was justified in taking a 14-year-old boy to the ground while trying to arrest him, but says the technique used was inappropriate.

The government has an advance purchase agreement for the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, but Cabinet is yet to consider whether to use it in New Zealand.

A 2000 home development proposed for a picturesque part of Queenstown is upsetting locals who want it moved elsewhere.