People wanting a coffee or to go shopping should make sure they have the COVID Tracer app at the ready. It's now mandatory for businesses to display the Government's QR code posters. But there are ...

Some women are receiving charity food parcels throughout the lockdown to help them make ends meet. "It is a little bit envious standing in the line when you've got the person next over spending ...

There are 48 new confirmed cases and 10 new probable cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand. The latest figures were announced by the Ministry of Health's Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield ...

Easter weekend and the school holidays are well underway and after nearly two years of no travel, airports were abuzz over the weekend. But instead of causing a surge in COVID cases, the holidays ...

Paramedics say being punched and abused on the job is becoming the norm. They are throwing their weight behind a New Zealand First member's bill which aims to introduce mandatory prison sentences for ...

A Northland couple was so terrified after being "harassed and illegally detained" by a "masked aggressor" at a community COVID-19 roadblock that they were forced to call the police for help. Rata and ...

Composting toilets and free public transport are just two of the things ecologist Mike Joy thinks will help New Zealand's environment. Former farmer turned environmental scientist, Joy published an ...

The Prime Minister has dismissed suggestions there should be a nationwide curfew imposed during New Zealand's coronavirus lockdown period. Police Association President Chris Cahill called for the ...

Māori place names have been restored to the small central North Island town of Benneydale. Benneydale has been changed to a dual name 'Maniaiti/Benneydale'. Land Information Minister Eugenie Sage said ...

In just over a month Kiwis will vote on whether to legalise recreational cannabis with a referendum on election day. The 'Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill' is meant to reduce health and social ...

Teachers say they're more than up to the challenge of supporting students when they return from their online bubble. A new study has found 80 percent of educators believe students will need more ...

Kiwi microbiologist Dr Siouxsie Wiles wants everyone who participated in any of New Zealand's Black Lives Matter (BLM) marches on Monday to self-isolate for 14 days. Thousands of people turned up to ...