
No lockdown rethink until Friday
After another day of zero Covid-19 cases, Chris Hipkins says the earliest alert level 3 in Auckland could lift would be Friday, when Cabinet meets to discuss it.
Two police dogs were carried over broken glass by their handler after a fleeing driver smashed into several vehicles.
It was an emotional moment for the owners who sold their humble bach at Whangarei Heads after 52 years. But it went for $1.505 million.
One of theAustralia's most senior government ministers has denied allegations that he raped a girl in 1988 without specifying the exact allegations.
Ten shore plovers are being held at wildlife sanctuaries after three were killed by a stoat, but will have to return soon due to a lack of space.
The site of the Rena wreck is to become a protected reef as the Mōtītī Protection Area is established.
A Kiribati expatriate who has called NZ home for the past 10 years is struggling to get his son a Kiwi passport.
Chris Hipkins says Brian and Hannah Tamaki "sneaking" out of Auckland hours before level 3 came into force put others at risk unnecessarily.
The Australian environment minister has updated the nation's threatened species list to reveal another dozen animals have been declared extinct.
The new US president's administration has shown it is willing to back up words with actions in dealing with both Iran and Saudi Arabia.
The 32,000km round trip to transport 30 Norwegian scientists from Antarctica back to Oslo involves six pilots, 13 crew and one flight engineer.
While most regions are suffering without international tourists, four have bucked the trend.
New data offers insight into customer concerns about banks.
The carrier wanted crew flying North American routes to layover in Honolulu to reduce Covid risks.
Minister indicates regulation possible if internet giants don't agree to help fund media.
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New government report challenges an industry study concluding our beef and lamb farms are nearly carbon-neutral.
The Matamata-Piako District Council is looking at establishing Māori Wards for the 2022 election.
From solar power farms to nurseries and tribal reservoirs, Waikato-Tainui is making plans to cope with a changed Earth.
Te reo was his grandmother's first language, but she would be hit for speaking it at school.
Muna Wharawhara is a believer in the power of honest conversations. And now's the time for Hamilton to have one about its past and future, he says.
Leaders say testing should be prioritised in Māori communities regardless of symptoms or contact with Covid-19 cases, to create a sense of safety.
Harry Martin Lane’s time as a street in the Wainuiomata shopping precinct was shorter than its namesake’s one-year tenure as mayor.
For four years the Black Ferns players have dreamed of a Rugby World Cup on home soil. Now they must wait until 2022.
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Henry Wright thought women should stick to emptying slops, not politics. The woman now selling his Gothic-style Wellington villa disagrees.
A Canterbury man trying to sell his elderly mother’s home says the process has been hamstrung by incompetency during the initial build.
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Award-winning Australian comedian Rhys Nicholson will join host RuPaul and Michelle Visage on the panel.
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