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The clean-up is underway on the East Coast after a deluge overnight and this morning, which went right up to the doorways of homes and prompted evacuations.

Masks have been mandated in parts of Sydney as fears of community spread grow.

In today's sports news - Bungled pitstop costs van Gisbrgen, unlikely leaders at the US Open and Clippers make franchise history.

Analysis - The government's feebate scheme divides Parliament, Ardern announces a formal apology for the dawn raids, and more of the vaccine rollout is revealed, Peter Wilson writes.

The household contacts of a child on Rakiura / Stewart Island who received a weak-positive Covid-19 test have returned negative serology tests.

Three astronauts successfully take off for China's longest ever spaceflight mission.

West Coast Regional Council ratepayers will have to wait until at least next month to find out if they are facing a 30 percent rate rise.

A teenager who recorded the murder of George Floyd in a clear and unrelenting single shot with her cellphone has been recognised with one of the highest honours in US journalism.

Opinion - The movie They Are Us should not focus on a white woman character and her role in the aftermath of a heinous tragedy, but the stories of the Muslim victims and survivors, Saziah Bashir write…

Analysis - New Zealand will clearly continue to follow a path of zig-zagging in relationship to both China and its Western allies, Dr Bryce Edwards writes.

Thousands of Cantabrians are on high alert tonight, as rain continues to fall on the waterlogged region. Video

Victoria has recorded four new locally acquired cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the state's health department said.

Fiji women's football international Trina Davis is happy to be home after escaping Israel during the recent conflict in Gaza.

Was the first meeting of the new parliament (including the swearing-in ceremony) convened by the FAST party unconstitutional? Legal academic Fuimaono Dylan Asafo argues it was not.

Feature - How was Phillip Barnes promoted to CEO of International Accreditation New Zealand, after he planted a spy camera in a gym's changing room? Veronica Schmidt investigates.

Fiame Naomi Mata'afa from Samoa's election-winning FAST party has been named the country's first female Prime Minister, in an ad-hoc ceremony her rival called "treason".

The government of Kiribati has imposed a night-time curfew in South Tarawa and Betio after they confirmed two cases of Covid-19 aboard a fishing vessel in Tarawa.

Wellington bus drivers have voted to resume strike action if NZ Bus does not return to the table with a "fair" offer by next week.

The first flight from New Zealand to Rarotonga has landed successfully in Rarotonga, marking the start of two-way quarantine-free travel. Follow live updates.