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The Government is set to force through its Three Waters reforms, u-turning on a previous promise to make it voluntary for councils to join up to the amalgamation plan. Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta confirmed on Wednesday... […]

Ballet dancer, theatre designer, teacher, painter, calligrapher, New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts president, award winner… the list to describe Kāpiti artist Philip Markham and his achievements goes on.And the list of forms... […]

A rapist and murderer has been released from prison after spending 19 years behind bars - half his life.Robert Stanley Lyon was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 15 years in 2002 over the murder of Milton woman Jodie... […]

COVID LATEST:* Cancelled: Air NZ passengers furious at ditched domestic flights * Landmark MIQ legal battle: Richlister wants to self-isolate after private jet business trip * Pfizer vaccine approved for children aged 5-11 *... […]

Another Rotorua road has been closed due to geothermal activity in the area.Rotorua Lakes Council said part of Hatupatu Drive behind the Rotorua Sportsdrome was closed due to the activity. It is related to a nearby bore which... […]

A Wellington street is closed due to glass falling from a nearby building, with commuters being forced to take a detour.Glass is littering Lambton Quay with cars and buses being directed down Panama St. The initial break came... […]

"Incredibly disappointed" police have blasted the behaviour of anti-lockdown hikoi members who blocked a state highway, risking public safety.A strong police contingent is continuing to monitor a hīkoi at the Southern Auckland... […]

If a cat gets stuck in a tree, you probably won't read about it in the national news media.But if a dog gets stuck, well, you're reading about it alright.Firefighters from the Havelock North volunteer brigade were on Tuesday evening... […]

A chemist in South Auckland is the latest location of interest visited by a person with Covid-19 over the weekend.The East Tāmaki Pharmacy, in Otara, has been identified as a place of interest on the Ministry of Health's first... […]

A grieving father is not only hurting for the loss of his 8-year-old son but heartbroken after unsuccessfully trying to bring his Blenheim-based sister to the Auckland funeral.William Stuart lost his battle with leukaemia last week... […]

Invercargill city councillor Marcus Lush urged his council to make a push on vaccination as he thinks the Covid-19 pandemic is the ''most serious preventable disaster'' the region has faced.During a council meeting yesterday, he... […]

By Anusha Bradley for RNZ ACC call centre workers shared details of people's injuries and mocked them on Snapchat, RNZ can reveal.The group of more than a dozen employees working at ACC's contact centre in Hamilton took photos... […]

The friends of a respected pilot who taught gliding for more two decades have paid tribute to him after he was killed in a microlight crash.Bo Nilsson died when the Baby Great Lakes microlight he was flying crashed in a paddock... […]

COVID LATEST:* Landmark MIQ legal battle: Richlister wants to self-isolate after private jet business trip * Police block protesters as hīkoi arrives at Auckland border * Barry Soper: Ardern avoiding the doom and gloom... […]

A Dunedin man who bit and spat at police, and threatened to drop a rock on an officer's head has been jailed for eight months.Reece Bayden Berland-Skerrett, 35, will be released from prison soon, however, because of the time he... […]

Gisborne community centre Te Kurahuna recently held a panel discussion on institutional racism through an indigenous lens.Mark and Diana Kopua, co-directors of Te Kurahuna Ltd, facilitated the discussion.The panel included Gisborne... […]

A person has died in a truck crash that has blocked off State Highway 1 between Invercargill and Bluff.Emergency services were called to the scene, at Bluff Highway in Greenhills, just before 3.30am after reports that a truck had... […]

Demand for hospitality workers in Wellington has tripled over the past two years, and the water industry experiences up to 25 per cent vacancy at any one time. Wellington Water and hospitality group Kapura are two of the local... […]

Our cartoonist Guy Body shares his view on current events. […]

If someone is killed or harmed after healthcare failures, they or their family can't sue in New Zealand. Instead, they can complain to our country's only patient watchdog. However, just 4 per cent of cases are investigated and often... […]