Fire and Emergency NZ crews responded to around 60 calls in parts of Feilding and Palmerston North.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says people need to recognise how fast the variant can spread.
The Auckland City Mission and its partners will be distributing more than 9000 food parcels over the next two weeks.
Bernard Hickey argues NZ’s economic response to Covid-19 was among the worst in the world in terms of widening wealth inequality and being a wasteful use of taxpayer funds.
”This is the man who aspires to save our planet and get us a new one to inhabit," Time wrote.
The Automobile Association has some handy tips for those heading out of the region from December 15.
The Human Rights Commission wants to de-escalate the hostility around Covid-19, amid passionate stances on the likes of vaccine mandates and lockdowns.
Her film The Power of the Dog has seven nominations.
It weighs 310kg's and has been certified as one of the biggest corundums ever found in the country.
The impact is unevenly felt by those in lower decile schools, potentially shutting off opportunities for science-related careers.
Police say Loren Charles Ross-Taylor, 32, was last seen about 10.45am on Wednesday, December 8.
Police dogs were used to try find the vehicle and its occupants but they remain on the run.
Hundreds of former patients say they suffered abuse at the psychiatric hospital during the 1970s.
Joe Schmidt will join the team as Grant Fox's replacement as a selector.
The country has a two per cent full vaccination rate and mass burials are being held.
The Ministry of Health said the crew members arrived in New Zealand on Monday night and are in a MIQ facility.
Sixty-two people are in hospital with the virus.
MetService says 60mm of rain fell in the area in the space of 12 hours.
A person received a Covid-19 booster shot from a used needle.
The new National leader's popularity seems to have come at the expense of potential coalition partner ACT.
Pablo Matera said he's respected the Canterbury franchise since he was a kid.
They had allegedly gathered almost 50 times the daily limit.
Ruby is currently hitting New Caledonia and will move southeast across the Pacific.
The Make It 16 group believed the current voting age was an example of "age discrimination".
Protesters gathered at the site early Tuesday morning as construction fences were set up.
Fiao'o Faamausili is the first woman to hold the role and succeeds former All Black Eroni Clarke.
Power lines are down on the road and traffic management is being put in place.
Some pharmacists around New Zealand have told 1News they have no stock of rapid antigen tests ahead of the Auckland border opening on Wednesday.
A faulty landing assistance system has seen regional flights either delayed or cancelled on Tuesday.
One of the locomotives and about 12 mostly empty wagons came off the tracks.
Bishop took to social media to announce he and Jenna Raeburn are expecting their first child together next year.
Around 72,000 jobs in the tourism workforce were lost in the first year of Covid-19.
It's hoped the bill will enable tens of thousands of homes to be built in the next five to eight years
Former Canterbury and Central cricketer Marty Kain will run out for the US when they host Ireland next week.
Seven Sharp's top story for 2021 was on Isabella Brazhnikova, it clocked up over 8 million views on 1News' YouTube channel.
Former Wellingtonian Jane Copland and her family has called the six-bedroom Oxford property home since September.
Liam Lawson is driving for F1 outfit Alpha Tauri in their end of season testing at Abu Dhabi.
