Some women are receiving charity food parcels throughout the lockdown to help them make ends meet. "It is a little bit envious standing in the line when you've got the person next over spending ...

Easter weekend and the school holidays are well underway and after nearly two years of no travel, airports were abuzz over the weekend. But instead of causing a surge in COVID cases, the holidays ...

There are 48 new confirmed cases and 10 new probable cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand. The latest figures were announced by the Ministry of Health's Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield ...

Paramedics say being punched and abused on the job is becoming the norm. They are throwing their weight behind a New Zealand First member's bill which aims to introduce mandatory prison sentences for ...

A Northland couple was so terrified after being "harassed and illegally detained" by a "masked aggressor" at a community COVID-19 roadblock that they were forced to call the police for help. Rata and ...

Kiwi microbiologist Dr Siouxsie Wiles wants everyone who participated in any of New Zealand's Black Lives Matter (BLM) marches on Monday to self-isolate for 14 days. Thousands of people turned up to ...

There are calls for elective surgeries to be ramped up with thousands of patients left waiting during the alert level 4 lockdown. Non-urgent surgeries have been postponed to keep people safe and away ...

Auckland's Marist College for girls has confirmed three new cases of coronavirus COVID-19. In a letter to parents, principal Raechelle Taulu said all staff and students at the college were considered ...

Principals are describing an $87 million scheme to provide school students with IT equipment over the lockdown as a frustrating waste of money. Hundreds of unwanted modems and laptops are still being ...

Pike River families hope the removal of the seal to the mine will finally mean work can move forward on finding human remains and crucial evidence. They've been battling for over eight years for ...

Fruit and veggie growers are urging us to shop seasonally after a $100 watermelon went on sale. They say there are some bargains out there at prices we haven't seen in a decade.

Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage says she wants to ban the sale of all moa bones. It comes amid pressure from conservationists who are demanding Trade Me stop allowing the bones to be listed.