Heightened restrictions came in across the country this week after the new community outbreak in Auckland.
The Big Heart Appeal Street Collection is the charity's biggest donation collection effort.
Otago Museum's Kane Fleury shares his tips to ensure you're not finding "ambergris not".
Scotland has been in lockdown since before Christmas, with school closures part of the plan to drive down infection levels.
The world No 1 says the moment allowed him to regain focus.
Bewildered scientists weren't expecting to find life when they drilled through the ice.
Twenty-one per cent of respondents say they’ve experienced discrimination related to the virus,
India levelled the series against England thanks to a 317-run win.
The Prime Minister will announce this afternoon if the three-day lockdown will be extended or if it will end just before midnight.
Two new reports highlight the racism and inequality Kiwis are suffering in Covid's wake.
The National leader also responded to news yesterday about a New Zealand national who was detained at the Turkish border.
One officer was injured as a door was smashed open by some of the 150 people trying to escape.
Australia and New Zealand agreed it would "work through" issues about the woman, who is accused of being an ISIS sympathiser.
Video from social media shows a large cloud of dark smoke over the volcano's crater.
Chris Hipkins also defended the slow rollout of saliva testing and said purpose-built MIQ facilities are unlikely.
The incident, which resulted in fire damage to the home, happened in July but remains unsolved, police said.
Hamish Rutherford was among 570 passengers whose three-hour journey turned into a 12-hour ordeal.
“Child poverty isn’t just a brown issue, or a left or right issue, a political issue as such. It’s a national issue,” report co-author Ronji Tanielu said.
“The deployments to Afghanistan have been one of the longest running in our history, and I wish to acknowledge the 10 New Zealanders who lost their lives," Jacinda Ardern said.
1 NEWS political editor Jessica Mutch Mckay says the Australian PM "kicked the problem over the ditch".
"We can’t get to you, but the cause is not over," the team wrote in a letter to the Pike 29.
One of the infected people is a close contact of the young woman from Papatoetoe High School that is already infected
Complaints have been laid against Auckland Transport’s Head of Community Engagement, Stephen Rainbow.
Hotel housekeeper Mel Jones says she has just $70 left after paying rent despite working 30 hours a week at an MIQ hotel.
Police issued an emergency alert in the Invercargill area last night.
Police say they've had no other issues apart from the Monday incident.
Cathedral Square currently looks very different.
The Court Theatre in Christchurch is using a plastic screen to divide the crowd in two.
"I haven't heard a New Zealand prime minister show their frustration about Australian counterparts in that way," Robert Ayson said.
The rest of NZ will drop to Alert Level 1.
Neil Holdom thinks while more people are scanning in, the effort could be better.
They've been in isolation while infectious, Dr Ashley Bloomfield confirmed.
The music festival will now be held at a later date this year.
The Covid Resurgence Support Payment is eligible to businesses that have seen a 30 per cent reduction in revenue over one week.
An investigation is ongoing into what shifts they worked recently and the nature of their role at the fast food restaurant.
The locations include McDonald’s and Subway food outlets in South Auckland, as well as numerous retail stores.
Racing could resume as early as Friday.
It all hinged on the Prime Minister's alert levels announcement this afternoon.
Previously only Auckland required masks on public transport at Alert Level 1.
The region moves out of Level 3 at 11.59pm tonight, February 17.
"I think we all feel it," she added, after announcing Auckland would be moving to Alert Level 2 tonight.
Barbara Dreaver discovered the economic wounds in the Cook Islands are critically deep.
While the peacock's owner has yet to be found, some on social media are keen to take ownership.
Johnson and her father Peter are the first Kiwi father-daughter combo to achieve the feat.
Police say the victim's life support was turned off earlier today.
"The three days of lockdown were so important and this could have played out so differently," the microbiologist says.
The group will swim relay style and are aiming to raise money for St John New Zealand.
"I would love to see ladies that best represent New Zealand," he says.
The chocolate swiftly sold out when it was first sold in 2014.
Levi Fletcher believes he’ll have a house of his own by the end of the year.
Eyes were glued to the TV today.
