New Zealand

'Flippant', 'opaque' and 'lacking mayoral leadership'. Wellington Mayor Andy Foster is not winning any popularity contests with some of his city councillors, as they grow increasingly frustrated with… Audio

In the years that have followed the devastating Christchurch earthquake, there have been many stories of the struggles people have faced.

Tonight we bring you the tale of the little school in… Video, Audio

The most at-risk workers at the Ports of Auckland have lined up for their Covid-19 vaccinations today, with most saying they barely felt a scratch.

There has been at least one community outbreak… Video, Audio

Auckland will join the rest of the country in Covid-19 alert level 1 from midnight, but is there a better option than a large scale lockdown if or when there's another outbreak?

For Tāmaki Makaurau… Video, Audio

The Corrections Minister has asked Corrections for its side of the story, after a judge ruled inmates at Auckland Women's Prison were treated in a degrading and inhumane way.

Manukau District Court… Audio

A man has told a court he believes his drink was spiked by what he calls a "predatory" and "utterly creepy" businessman.

The businessman, who has name suppression, is accused of indecently assaulting… Audio

Just one CTV employee who was in the building during the February 22 earthquake managed to escape before it came down.

For Maryanne Jackson, the pain of losing 16 colleagues has been compounded by… Video, Audio

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As the tide rises, rescuers are racing to refloat 40 whales stranded at Farewell Spit, at the top of the South Island.

The long-finned pilot whales were spotted on the beach at 9.30am and a team of… Video, Audio

Scarce supplies and the cost of personal protective equipment is prompting some dentists to up their prices.

Now they are calling for government support to fund and source high level PPE to avoid… Audio

Thousands of people in Christchurch and around the country paused at 12.51 on Monday afternoon to mark a decade since the February 22 magnitude 6.3 earthquake which claimed 185 lives.

It was 10 years… Video, Audio

From midnight Auckland will join the rest of Aotearoa at Covid-19 alert level 1. Auckland was plunged into a level 3 lockdown for three days, and everywhere else went to level 2, after three Covid-19… Video, Audio

Could this be the purrrfect ending to the tale of roaming Rodney aka the abandoned ITM cat?

It seems he has finally been found and given a forever home after going missing for about four months.

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Ten years after his wife and 114 others died in the CTV building collapse, Maan Alkaisi remains as determined as ever to see justice served.

Alkaisi has for the last decade acted as the vocal voice… Video, Audio

Police are cracking down on gangs, with the launch of a nationwide operation to disrupt and prevent firearms-related gang violence.

Operation Tauwhiro is a long-term co-ordinated operation focusing… Audio

As the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out begins, there are fears disinformation will put Māori and Pasifika off getting the jab.

A Horizon Research and University of Auckland study has found those… Audio

The country's Covid vaccine roll-out is officially underway, with a small group of vaccinators getting the Pfizer jab today.

Just 25 people - mostly nurses - received their inoculation at Auckland's… Audio

For most of us, dreams of becoming an overnight millionaire are just that. Not for New Zealand cricket's fastest rising star Kyle Jamieson.

The Black Caps fast bowler is set to be almost $3 million… Audio

There are calls to bring in new rules around e-scooters - after it was found users were more likely to be hospitalised than cyclists.

Research published in the New Zealand Medical Journal compares… Audio

Locals have described it as the jewel in Dunedin's crown, and today the city council unveiled a possible future for Ocean Beach.

Covering more than three kilometres from St Clair to St Kilda, the… Video, Audio