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A person has died after a car rolled on East Cape, bringing the Labour weekend road toll to five.

A central Auckland school community is continuing its fight to get a nearby cycleway upgraded after the project was stalled by the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Shooter Monica Falkner has capped a remarkable return from injury by being named in the Silver Ferns team for the upcoming test series against England.

In what will be the first of its kind in the Pacific, Palau is building a facility to house newly acquired K-9 military dogs.

Preliminary election results show only 71 percent of East Coast and 54 percent of Waiariki enrolled voters turned out to vote. The nationwide average was 82.5 percent.

A 25-year-old woman who fell from a carnival ride in Far North Queensland late yesterday is in a critical but stable condition in hospital.

Analysis - There's only crumbs for the Greens, there's anger in the National caucus ranks, and the huge swing to Labour indicates possible tactical voting on an unprecedented scale, Peter Wilson write…

In the palm of Jaquetta Bradshaw's hand is a sapling with the power to dry rivers, start bush fires and kill off native life.

Despite a legal battle, the names of those charged in the NZ First Foundation fraud case remain suppressed. As Guyon Espiner reports, the foundation has been shrouded in secrecy from the start.

Jade Morgan has not let a six-year prison sentence and early gang ties define him, and has been running a tikanga programme to reconnect prisoners with their whakapapa using te ao Māori. Audio

Hyundai New Zealand is recalling Kona electric cars due to a battery fault which poses a fire risk.

The manager of the park that hosts Nelson's agricultural and pastoral show says it has become an important event for people who have lost touch with the origins of food.

Fishers are being warned to avoid parts of Lake Rotorua after a potentially toxic algae bloom was found in the lake.

"All right, all right, all right" - Matthew McConaughey's Dazed And Confused catchphrase sums up how life has turned out for the actor. Audio

Increasing numbers of queer and trans young people are unable to access emergency accommodation during Auckland's level 3 lockdown, RainbowYOUTH says.