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Emergency housing tenants will be subject to tough new rules in a fortnight, though they'll only start hearing about them directly from next week.

The government will not provide $60 million in taxpayer funding to bail out the troubled Christ Church Cathedral rebuild.

Analysis - Rushing through a model with a weak evidence base only adds to teachers' workloads, without guaranteeing to deliver the "brilliance" teachers and parents have been promised, lecturers say.

Principal inspector Graham Bates says their sympathies are with every family - but the four deaths in three weeks was part of a worrying trend.

The country's biggest one-day music festival will be a two day affair next year, organisers say.

The dry conditions are causing ecological concerns and pushing up power prices.

A US company that puts AI-enabled cameras on the front of buses to try to stop cars from blocking bus stops has entered the New Zealand market.

The Kaikōura, Hurunui and Waimakariri councils announced they will create a water services delivery plan together, once the new water legislation comes into effect.

An Education Ministry briefing to the government showed it expected to add 61 new enrolment schemes by 2025. Audio

It comes amid lingering questions about the project's financial backing, including whether the government will relieve an $85m budget shortfall.

The former Silver Ferns shooter is returning to her Canterbury roots.

Where do you see your community in 50 years? What about in 100? Those are the questions Canterbury's Selwyn District Council is asking its residents. Audio

A post mortem examination was carried out on Tuesday.

A police spokesperson said the death was reported just before 11am on Tuesday.

A student noticed the bell that has been at Addington Te Kura Taumatua since 1881 was missing when they went to ring it on Monday morning. Audio

The Emergency Department's clinical director says it has been frustrating to have the unit there but not be able to use it for the past four years.

Although some details were blurry and she conceded there were things she had forgotten, the complainant said she knew she did not have consensual sex.

She was sentenced to 18 years in prison in June.

There were 2003 new cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand over the week to Sunday.

A resident of Christchurch's Port Hills wants councillors to keep pushing for rule changes so they can stop pine trees being replanted in the fire-prone area.