The man installed a security camera after a washing machine delivered to his home was stolen. But his problems were just beginning.

The flight from Auckland was unable to land in the capital because of wind shear - a sudden change in the speed or direction of wind.

Drops include popular two-year rate.

Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII met with PM Christopher Luxon and Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka on Monday.

The Serious Crash Unit had been advised of the death, police said.

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says Pacific people "want a fair go" and he is committed to helping them get easier access to Aotearoa.

The Governor General has shared a message from the King Charles to Tokelau on the 100th anniversary of the constitutional relationship with New Zealand.

Health Minister Elias Kapavore says Papua New Guinea currently has five cases of children paralysed by polio.

The United States has designated two high-profile public office holders from Palau and the Marshall Islands for "significant corruption", the US Department of State says.

Restrictions are in place until the end of March, due to typhoid's maximum incubation period of 60 days.

Annual monitoring since 2017 has shown growing variety, numbers and size of fish - with a seven-fold increase in snapper leading the resurgence.

A panel investigating the behaviour of a judge accused of disrupting a NZ First event has heard from its first witnesses today, members of NZ First.

Recent severe storms triggered more than 11,000 slips on the East Cape, according to satellite imagery.

The Central Otago District Council said the possum was found during an unrelated inspection on Wednesday, and it's not known how long it's been in the water.

Emergency services were called to the crash on Te Atatu Road around 6.30pm on Wednesday.