A relative of those who died in a horror crash south of Picton yesterday says she has lost nearly everyone in her family.

Figures from Mindful Money show $190 million of KiwiSaver funds are invested in companies involved in the manufacture of weapons like firearms, missiles and ammunition.

Mount Ruapehu has stabilised after a short period of increased volcanic tremor over the weekend.

Hotels earned an average of $1.3 million a month from being MIQ facilities, according to the data released under the Official Information Act.

An emergency specialist says the situation in hospitals is psychologically and physically exhausting.

That is despite predictions of a massive winter illnesses season, which is already contributing to long wait times in emergency departments in all of the major centres.

A new traffic-light controlled pedestrian crossing in Taranaki is being described as a monument to a failed funding model.

One person has died and another person is seriously injured following a crash between a van and a truck near Blenheim.

The University of Auckland has been given a top 10 global ranking in sustainable development goals after enrolling 800 refugee students.

There have been 4024 new community cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand today, with a further nine deaths.

KidsCan has launched an urgent appeal for donations to help the record number of children needing support this winter.

Marlborough District mayor John Leggett says he's been assured any road improvements needed after a crash killed seven people at the weekend, would be made without delay.

The police are looking to expand their use of a controversial evidence storage system run by an American company that supplies them with tasers.

A year after the death of a man who fell or jumped out a Palmerston North Hospital window, his family are still waiting for someone take responsibility.

The body of a man who failed to return from a climbing trip on Banks Peninsula, has been found.

A night in a luxury hotel is being used to entice staff at the Taranaki District Health Board to get a flu vaccination as it declares itself a 'Fortress' against winter ailments.

A violent serial offender who has spent almost all of his adult life behind bars, including for manslaughter, was an abused child whose upbringing was a "pipeline to prison".

Wellington City Council's major housing document is back on the debating table this week after feedback from the public.