Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is confident New Zealand's relationship with Singapore will remain strong after the leader of that country resigned just hours after a joint statement.
Resources Minister Shane Jones has announced changes to coal mine consenting he says will reduce barriers to extraction and bring it into line with other types of mining.
A scammer pretending to be a property manager stole $2750 from a couple who thought they were securing a rental they visited, after talking with him on social media.
A recidivist robber who went on a month-long crime spree across Canterbury armed with a hatchet and imitation pistol has spent more than half of his life behind bars.
A Christchurch arms and hunting business appears to be sticking to its guns, defying an Advertising Standards Authority demand to remove a misleading billboard.
The government has announced a two-week pet bond and obligations for tenants to pay for damage their animals cause in a bid to make renting with an animal easier.
The first two years of the Covid pandemic undid earlier success in increasing life expectancy, except for in a handful of countries - Aotearoa New Zealand among them.