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Despite multiple failures - including untreated sewage polluting a popular swimming beach - the company running Wellington's four wastewater treatment plants is keeping its multi-million dollar…

Opinion - Rejecting the orthodox narrative of settler progress and embracing the dark truth of what colonalism really was is a challenge that will make us find our feet, writes Richard Shaw.

The largest eagle in the world, which resided in New Zealand, may have been bald and a carnivorous predator, according to new research.

Aucklanders enjoy new freedoms today with the move to level 3 step 2; Ardern visits the big city for the first time in months, primary schools and kura in Auckland and Waikato can reopen, and… Audio

Recent wastewater results suggest a Covid-infectious person was in Taranaki from the start of November, the region's top doctor says.

A southerly blast moving up the country is causing large waves on Wellington's coast.

Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield says case numbers may have risen since yesterday, but the bounce was similar to that seen in the first outbreak last year and average numbers were still…

There have been 70 new cases of Covid-19 in the community reported in New Zealand today.

There are 68 new cases of Covid-19 in the community today, the Ministry of Health reports.

There are 35 new community cases of Covid-19 ahead of the government's alert level announcement this afternoon.

There have been 21 new community cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand today - 20 in Auckland and one in Wellington. Watch the latest update here.

Parts of the West Coast and top of the South Island have been cut off due to flooding, while states of emergency have been declared in some regions. Here is a summary of what is happening in each…

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says Wellington will move to alert level 2 from 6pm tonight until 11.59pm on Sunday.

Further testing of Wellington's wastewater has revealed traces of Covid-19 in Porirua and Karori.

Detectives in an international drug smuggling case pieced together information from notes and text messages to find a black rubbish bag of cocaine in an Auckland park.

Wellington City Council is considering investing $185 million to reduce the amount of sludge the city produces every day.

A Christchurch art gallery has apologised and pulled down controversial art after complaints the works appropriated Māori culture. Audio

Wellington's 'turd taxis' are back in action less than a week after they were stood down.

Engineers from Germany who left their families in the midst of a global pandemic and flew halfway around the world to help fix some broken sewer pipes are being hailed as heroes.