Border exceptions for 600 specialist tech workers have been announced on Monday by the Minister for Digital Economy and Communications, Dr David Clark.
The Auckland border will reopen from December 15 as Cabinet is set to make a decision on Monday regarding the country's current Covid-19 restrictions.
Cabinet will meet to review the country’s settings with some regions in red hoping for a shift to orange.
Two researchers say it won’t be clear whether New Zealand society is coming closer together or drifting apart until more time has passed.
Rangiwhero Toia Ngaronoa was dropped at a medical centre in Auckland's Takanini last month.
"This will never see the light of the day,” the Prime Minister says of her gift.
Jacinda Ardern says Cabinet will consider whether Auckland can move to Orange.
"If you kill my child, I'm going to take you for a big ride," one parent said to Hanibrez Sipu last week.
Kai Kara-France took down former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt in the first round at UFC 269.
Graham Spencer says he was trampled and bit by around 20 otters, who attacked his fingers, legs and buttocks.
Northland police dished out 2,500 stickers on Saturday, but then cancelled Sunday's event as they had no stickers left.
1News camera operator Nick Dooner battled ever increasing prices and unconsented toilets in the battle to find a home.
Certificates will be required for 15-a-side competitions to ensure they can go ahead at any traffic light settings.
The road north of Wellington was due to open in April 2020.
The new figures come as Cabinet today reviews the country's traffic light settings.
The five-year-old boy died in the ocean off Napier's Marine Parade on Friday afternoon.
The British PM announced a plan to offer every adult in the nation a Covid-19 booster shot by the end of the year.
The cyclone is expected to be positioned off the north east of the North Island on Thursday.
The woman in her thirties went to the medical centre with health issues in 2015.
Atonio Finau has not been seen for almost a month.
Evidence of a supervised negative rapid antigen test will be required for unvaccinated travellers leaving the Auckland region.
All of NZ except Northland will enjoy NYE at Orange.
While the region is set to stay at the Red setting of the traffic light system, Ardern said its made "enormous progress".
The annual gathering in Whanganui traditionally signals the start of the political year in January.
The Government will meet with health officials to discuss the threat of the Covid variant and how it may affect the border reopening.
Despite this, buyer demand is down as investors are less willing to sell and first home buyers are struggling to get money from the banks.
There's fresh hope the death toll from a series of tornadoes that swept through the central states of America may not be as high as first feared.
The Kiwi alpine ski racer finished fourth at the World Cup in Switzerland ahead of next year's Winter Olympics.
Joseph Parker knows fans have heard it all before, but this Sunday against Derek Chisora he truly believes everyone will take notice.
Health providers have hit South Auckland streets to try and raise the vaccination rates before the border reopens.
Log4j, a commonly used java logging system, was revealed to have a vulnerability late last week.
Northern Bass is usually held in Mangawhai over December 29-31.
Northland is set to stay at Red due to its vaccination rate.
The epidemiologist thinks unvaccinated children should take rapid antigen tests before travelling around the country to avoid spreading the virus.
Fire and Emergency has taken around 30 calls to assist with flooding since 7pm.
Duncan Aitken's tractor can run continuously for eight hours and he plans to develop and sell more of them
