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It has been dubbed the "little butchery in the middle of nowhere" - a traditional German sausage outlet that is stopping traffic in remote North Taranaki.

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Olympic finalist Lewis Clareburt has had his preparations for next month's World Championships hit by Covid, the latest hurdle in what at times has been a difficult year for him.

Samoa's overnight curfew will ease, schools will begin opening this week and some travel can resume under changes to Covid emergency restrictions.

As the government hails its plan to reduce New Zealand's emissions as a significant landmark, opposition parties remain more sceptical.

Traders say the ban could drive global prices to new record peaks, hitting poor consumers in Asia and Africa particularly hard.

Opinion - Millions of Australians will vote in a federal election on Saturday. But, asks Nick Bryant, is the country's luck running out?

A raft of possible amendments concerning future land and residential development on the West Coast will go before the Te Tai o Poutini Plan Committee on Tuesday.

A chronically-ill toddler was unduly kept in hospital for months and her mother asked to abandon Covid-19 isolation to come in and nurse her. The child picked up the virus. DHB failures and a staff…

The party says a string of racist incidents in the city, including a white supremacist leaflet drop, has caused them to opt out of the race altogether - and protect their mana. Some locals agree.

Veteran sharebroker, investment analyst, fund manager, and business writer Brian Gaynor has died after a short illness.

There may have been rain showers in Waikato and South Auckland regions today, but a medium-scale drought has been declared after ongoing dry conditions in the regions.

Low-income families who scrap their old car will get funding to buy a low-emitting vehicle in a $569 million scheme, one of the big-ticket items in the government's first Emissions Reductions Plan.

MediaWatch: Outgoing chief censor David Shanks says government plans to regulate extreme material online need to be careful not to compromise the media's fundamental freedoms. Audio

Under the bill, people would no longer have to go through the Family Court or show evidence of medical treatment to change the sex on their birth certificate.