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The labour market has fared better than expected during the Covid-19 pandemic but has still recorded the biggest quarterly rise in the number of unemployed in more than 30 years.

It follows acrimonious debate between Team New Zealand and challenger Luna Rossa, who copped the blame for a decision that effectively scrapped using the inner Waitemata Harbour.

Analysis - This inquiry into historical abuse continues to reveal the differences between the abused, and their representatives, David Cohen writes.

Not one cent of the $18 million set aside for community pharmacies in June has been given out, with pharmacy owners saying the criteria to get the grants is too tough.

A top Auckland doctor was warning the government in January that people were at "serious risk" because the city's public health service was at risk of failing, even as Covid-19 was knocking at the…

There have been two new cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand today, both in managed isolation, with the Health Ministry also announcing the closure of the Christchurch returnee cluster.

Mandatory testing of international replacement maritime workers will begin rolling out next week, the Health Minister says.

The Cook Islands cabinet has decided to lift the requirement for incoming travellers to spend 14 days supervised quarantine on arrival.

The main road to Auckland Airport will be shut for five consecutive nights this week.

Analysis - Sometimes, people on different sides of a contentious public matter are not as strikingly different on their respective positions as you might expect.

Rents for Auckland apartments have softened, which is being attributed to a drop in demand due to international students being largely shut out of the country.

Large retailer Briscoe Group has repaid more than $11 million received in wage subsidies to the government.

A grieving UK family wanting to sell their 17-metre yacht in New Zealand could have it imported here - but it would cost them tens of thousands of dollars.

Parents whose children were cared for at a purpose-built disability centre in Auckland say there appears to have been a deliberate attempt to run down the site.

Figures from Auckland Airport for August show an almost 60 percent drop in avocados sent by air to overseas markets compared to the same month in 2019.

Police investigating the death of a 21-year-old man in South Auckland last Saturday are looking for two men who attacked him then fled.

A gradual retreat or withdrawal of major power users is raising questions about future power costs and long-term asset requirements.

There are no active community cases of Covid-19 remaining in New Zealand, the Ministry of Health says.

The National Party leader says she did not peddle misinformation at last night's The Press leaders' debate when speaking about Covid-19 border closures in Samoa and New Zealand. Audio

Leaked documents show a cash-strapped Auckland trust for the disabled paid senior staff bonuses to manage its closure and wants to reopen with a focus on private clients.

The new permanent replacement strut for Auckland's Harbour Bridge is finished and being driven to the city for installation overnight tonight.