Police say patients in Auckland and Waikato had personal belongings and credit cards stolen while undergoing treatment.

Report warns New Zealand is at a demographic inflection point, noting that it was essential to plan ahead.

About 50 homes were damaged during a flash flood earlier this month and five left uninhabitable.

After coming home to find their place ransacked, the trio cracked out the old "good cop, bad cop" method.

Reports she had been stood down from the position surfaced over the weekend, but Beck herself is yet to comment.

The government announced it was taking a parent to court over their child's chronic absence from school as part of a crackdown on truancy.

One week after parts of Wellington were damaged by sudden flooding, the clean-up for some residents continues.

Several police officers could be seen on Tuesday at a property on Barbadoes St.

Operators say the incentives reflect a deepening affordability crisis in early childhood education.

Three police officers received medical treatment after the confrontation in Dunedin on Monday.

Large plumes of grey smoke were seen billowing out across neighbourhoods.

Four fire trucks were called to the blaze on Lowes Road about 11.17am on Tuesday.

Police said they were "touched" by the offer, but declined.

David Seymour last year promised the government would be tougher, and at least one case is working its way through the courts.

Otago Regional Council confirmed it was investigating a March reading.

Initial inquiries show the car likely crossed the centre line, police say.

Rather than promoting anti-social cues, headphones can open up the world for autistic people.

BRANZ resilience research project co-leader Catherine Nicholson says research shows about 50 percent of homes already have visible mould.

Land, water, and aerial searches in and around the Christchurch's red zone are being conducted this week.

Auckland Council inspected 38 illegal lodges last year and all but nine opted to change their rental agreements.

A slip in the Awakino Gorge has closed State Highway 3 again, and locals are running out of patience.

Whakatipu Wilding Control Group wants the government to stump up more funding to stop the spread of the invasive trees.

Search and rescue experts are hoping to see the back of an emergency dispatch system they say is tangled and can run at two speeds, depending who is paying.

Advocates are concerned the government is taking New Zealand down a path to US-style crackdowns on overstayers and asylum seekers.

Police said the driver was the only person in the vehicle.

Explainer - As stories emerge of New Zealanders suffering complications following surgeries overseas, here's what you need to know about the medical tourism industry.

Not too sweet, not too sour - there's a lot of testing behind the tasty fruit on our supermarket shelves.

About 3000 eels were rescued from the coastal Manawatū lake bed earlier this month.

The Ministry of Health is finalising a Health Sector Fuel Response Plan to ensure patients get appropriate attention during the fuel crisis.

StraitNZ Bluebridge spokesperson confirmed a person overboard sparked deployment of the ship's rapid emergency vessel.

One person is dead following a crash in Kapuni.

Police say the charges relate to two incidents last Saturday, one in Northland one in Waitematā.

A person was found dead at about 2.45pm on Sunday near the wharf at Kaipara Harbour on Shelly Beach Road.

The survey conducted by The Catalytic Foundation found demand this year is at the highest level since 2020.

Ngāti Rehua - Ngātiwai ki Aotea Trust Board and the Aotea/Great Barrier Local Board are wanting the government to back a plan to manage the kōura population.

The men, aged 28 to 73, are set to appear in Taupō District Court on Monday.

Children have huge imaginations and diving into them can lead to better emotional regulation.

The discharge was the result of a blockage to the 150mm CIRC inlet main into the pump station, the water services provider said.

Some residents have "lost everything", after floodwaters swept through the town a week ago, the district's civil defence controller says.

Footage shows workers standing on a sheep's neck, sewing up bloody wounds without painkillers and hitting sheep with blunt objects.

Police responded to a callout in Manurewa about 3pm.

Hearing checks are offered to all newborns in New Zealand, however the baby needs to be asleep, or at least very settled, throughout the test.

The legacy of Robert McLean, recognised for his bravery, has left a strong impression on those he knew and loved, his son tells RNZ.

Heavy rainfall last week had created some cracking in the Waikura slip area, which originally closed following the January storm.

New Zealand spent $64b on hazard-related costs since 2010: 97 percent of that was response and recovery, and only 3 percent went to reducing risk," a parliamentary briefing document says.

Thousands of New Zealanders gathered around the motu and overseas to remember acts of service and lives "abruptly and tragically ended", for Anzac Day 2026.

A man has been rescued close to death after clinging to a kayak in frigid water for hours off Auckland's coast, after a rescue involving several services, police say.

NZTA says last week's heavy rainfall created cracking in the Waikura slip between Pōtaka and Wharekahika/Hicks Bay.