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The weekend storm may have brought damaging tornadoes to Auckland but it also left the city's water storage lakes half full. Audio

Ireland's parliament has picked a veteran opposition leader as prime minister to head the first coalition uniting the two parties that have battled each other for power since a civil war nearly a…

US infectious disease chief Dr Anthony Fauci says as 16 states reel from a spike in Covid-19 cases, even parts of the country doing well will be affected.

In the early hours of Friday morning, New Zealand was confirmed as a co-host of the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2023, but getting to that point has been far from straightforward, as Michael Burgess expl… Video

Both familiar and fresh faces will be in the running to topple Todd McClay as Rotorua MP in the 2020 election.

Rising violence in primary schools has reached the point where one-in-four teachers feel unsafe in their own classroom - double the figure three years earlier, a national survey shows.

Pre-sale building inspections are continuing to uncover hundreds of Christchurch homes with botched repairs or undeclared damage.

Pressure is mounting on the government and health officials to explain how many people left managed isolation without being tested for Covid-19 since 9 June. Video

Taneti Maamau has been re-elected president of Kiribati by more than 8,000 votes, cementing the country's relations with China.

Auckland Council says it will have to come up with a new business case for its planned South Auckland services hub due to budget cutbacks.

The government has taken urgent steps to overhaul the systems in place at the country's managed isolation facilities. Journalists' persistent, tough reporting on failures at those facilities helped…

A 'one-stop-shop' for Māori news based at Māori Television is proposed in a controversial report on the future of Māori media.

Analysis - Border breaches shock the PM and the nation, first fast-track infrastructure projects are launched, and gun laws are passed by Parliament after NZ First gets its way, Peter Wilson writes.

Māori and people under 30 are those worst hit by job losses in Taranaki because of Covid-19, according to the region's Chamber of Commerce.

A new economic forecast predicts the South Island regions will be the worst affected by a severe recession, while Wellington and Auckland have the best prospects for recovery. Audio

Queenstown social services are calling for government support, saying they're buckling under mounting pressure.

North Korea on Wednesday rejected South Korea's offer to send special envoys to ease escalating tensions over defector activity and stalled reconciliation efforts and vowed to redeploy troops to…

The New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says it is "clear as daylight" Auckland light rail will not get Cabinet sign off before the election.

The mother of a young man who died in an Auckland police cell six years ago says it has been a long wait for answers.

The Minister for the Environment says there's a trade-off over who can participate in scrutinising consents for 11 new infrastructure projects - but there are protections. Audio

A coronial inquest into the death of a young man in an Auckland police cell more than six years ago is under way again.