Qiang Xin, 31, was found dead outside an apartment on Auckland's North Shore on October 7.

A person on Auckland's Waiheke Island has tested positive for the virus, according to the chairwoman of the local board.

Winston Peters has apologised for comments he made on television alleging former Mongrel Mob member Harry Tam helped a Covid-positive case breach the Auckland border.

A young girl found by Air New Zealand cabin crew with cuts and bruises on her face says her mother hit her with a hammer and shut her out of the house.

A woman whose brother died in the Christchurch terror attack urges everyone to “embrace diversity” after she and her mother were racially abused in a store.

The 9.8 hectare property was among more than $1 million worth of assets forfeited.

The three men were Niveth Boutsady, 70, Mongkhon Wongmongkhon, 61, and Udom Roopsom, 54. A fourth man who survived is now out of hospital.

Most Kiwis have been vaccinated with little drama but the pressure on employers to find ways to get everyone over the line is growing.

Dr Ashley Bloomfield says 84 people, across 55 households, are now completing their quarantine at home.

Seabirds that call the Hauraki Gulf home are on a “perilous trajectory” of decline.

Two occupants of an apartment above a veterinary premises in Kilbirnie, Wellington, were rescued by firefighters after the building caught fire.

A new law will allow three-storey homes to be built without consent, and is expected to allow up to 105,000 more houses.

What was meant to be a casual sexual encounter turned into a traumatic ordeal for a man after the woman he had planned to meet showed up with accomplices to rob him.

Opponents of a memorial to the 257 people who died in New Zealand's worst air disaster have blocked construction crews' access to the park.

Janine Robson was diagnosed with leukaemia near the end of 2019.

Dame Cindy Kiro spoke with the Queen on a video chat before being officially sworn into the role as Governor-General on Friday.

Despite ongoing legal action against the $280 million Mt Messenger Bypass project, construction is still pegged to begin in September 2022, Waka Kotahi has said.

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With a kidney condition and two rejected transplants making regular dialysis a life-saving necessity, Claire Christie doesn't want to have to worry about Covid-19 too.

Locations span takeaways, bakeries, gas stations, supermarkets and more as the ministry's list of potential exposure events grows to 461.