More than 2.5 million travellers are expected through Auckland Airport this summer in one of its busiest seasons since the Covid-19 pandemic.
This perception of purity is central to bottled water's appeal, yet studies show the product often brings its own set of risks for both health and the environment.
The 19-month-old boy, who lived in Canterbury, was found unresponsive under his bed on May 27, 2021, and could not be revived despite CPR attempts by his family and ambulance staff.
IKEA’s long-awaited arrival in New Zealand has been a retail frenzy, with 142,000 people visiting the Sylvia Park store in its first week.
The morning's headlines in 90 seconds, including why the brains behind AI have picked up a major accolade, a huge drug bust seizes 2 tonnes of cocaine, and the days to avoid travelling this holiday season.
A storm on November 12 caused masses of weed from the CBD-sized bed on the bottom of Lake Rotorua to detach, surface and collect on the foreshore.
MetService meteorologist Heather Keats said there was a high-pressure system moving in from the west which is "what we want for the weekend".
Officials are analysing and summarising close to 11,000 submissions received during the two-month public consultation period.
The victim had arranged to purchase a vehicle through Facebook marketplace, but was allegedly assaulted during the transaction in Auckland's Wesley last night.
After a direct lightning hit in September, the radar was out for an "extended period" as its badly-damaged protective dome was replaced with another.
"Longer-term fixed-rate mortgages are influenced primarily by wholesale interest rates and the future rate outlook, as opposed to the current OCR," the Co-operative Bank said.
"November really is the launch pad for the busy Christmas sales, so this increase sets up retail for a positive end to a really difficult trading year," Carolyn Young said.
The vote comes after public consultation, which showed strong opposition from Aucklanders.
In July, Howard Temple pleaded guilty to 12 charges related to unwanted touching, hugging, and kissing, spanning more than two decades.
The ship spent 307 days away from New Zealand and sailed more than 31,000 nautical miles during a "busy operational year" for the Navy.
The most common incidents involved road cones being run over by large vehicles, such as buses or trucks, with Fenton St the most common location for near misses.
Auckland Zoo’s last remaining fur seal, Ōrua, and Hamilton Zoo’s elderly giraffe Masamba were both euthanised today.
Of the four ecologically significant species monitored at 16 sites in Queen Charlotte Sound/Tōtaranui, only one remained.
Around 1200 tonnes of rubbish has been illegally dumped throughout the region this year.
Social service providers say there are record numbers of people doing it tough with unemployment up 78% over the past three years.
Filmmaker James Cameron will be in the capital with actors Cliff Curtis and Sam Worthington for the premiere of Avatar 3: Fire and Ash.
The clock was ticking for Gregory after the department received 19 CyberTip Line Reports from the US-based National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children.
Under the new system to be rolled out nationwide, police will be able to stop any motor vehicle to screen the driver for the presence of four key drugs.
