Samoans eligible to get vaccinated against COVID-19 are being urged to do so after new figures showed the country`s rates of vaccination falling behind other Pacific nations. Read...

A global Covid recovery plan by the World Economic Forum has inspired false rumours about the creation of a tyrannical world government. Read...

Farmers still mopping up from the `100-year flood` of more than three weeks ago are meeting with the Prime Minister today who has jetted in to inspect the damage. Jacinda Ardern is spending the day in Mid Canterbury, which was... Read...

A purpose-built youth hub in Christchurch will go ahead after an agreement was reached with its neighbours meaning resource consent could be granted.An agreement has been reached between Christchurch`s Youth Hub Trust, local community... Read...

The second `slow-motion` earthquake to unfold beneath New Zealand within weeks appears to have driven a cluster of tremors north of Gisborne – including a 4.2 shake.What are called slow-slip earthquakes – a phenomenon observed only... Read...

A health expert says the government has become complacent and didn`t act fast enough to suspend travel with Covid-19-hit New South Wales. Read...

Dozens of classic cars were left homeless in ASB Showground`s sudden closure. Read...

Rangers in Auckland`s Shakespear Regional Park say stoats are getting smart to age-old trapping techniques, so they have had to come up with new methods. Read...

Police are searching for a man following an attack on a 69-year-old woman at an Auckland shopping centre. Read...

Ferry commuters drinking beer, wine and coffee don`t have to wear masks, but the Ministry of Health won`t say whether it agrees with the exemption allowing it to happen. Read...