As NZ looks back at a tumultuous 2020, one beacon of hope for 2021 and beyond is its young people.
At least 40 fire fighters have returned to the scene this morning.
Four prisoners have surrendered but 16 remain "non-compliant" after a fire was lit in the prison's exercise yard yesterday.
1 NEWS takes a look back at some of the briefings' more humorous and downright unusual moments.
Police are appealing for information about the attack in Bishopdale last night.
The effort to extinguish the blaze in Northland has entered its second day.
A man with injuries was found dead on a street in the Bay of Plenty town this morning.
Fletcher Wong walked out of the festival at 2am yesterday and hasn't been seen since.
Professors Michael Baker and Shaun Hendy were recognised for their respective services to public health and science.
Alister Brookland's coronavirus death in April is the only to have occurred outside a hospital in New Zealand.
Seventeen inmates remain involved who have access to the "top jail"” part of the prison. Its 250 beds will never be used again because of the damage.
Dr Ashley Bloomfield features heavily in Make Summer Unstoppable by Auckland DJ Macsen.
Those in the North Island should be fine but further south, some may need a raincoat.
The Kiwi doubles specialist tells 1 NEWS he wants to push environmental initiatives through the "dirty" tour.
GNS said the activity lasted about 30 minutes yesterday afternoon.
Covid-19 dominated the news this year, but some other major events also took place that may have slipped your mind.
Footage supplied to 1 NEWS shows what crews are tackling in Northland.
The boat was reported to be in trouble near the Greenpark Huts at about 4.40pm.
NZ generates up to 100,000 tonnes of electronic waste each year, but only about two per cent gets recycled.
The plan is for the mine to be handed over to the Department of Conservation in June for the creation of a memorial.
"The need doesn't suddenly vanish over the holidays," Bay Venues CEO Justine Brenan argued.
