Vaughan Elder

A woman who grew up with a former Dunedin woman who along with her husband was allegedly murdered by her son in Perth says she was shocked to her of her death.

New Zealanders should be prepared for a move back to alert level 4 if there is "significant outbreak" of Covid-19, a researcher who has worked on modelling for the Government says.

Invercargill inmates have to go to the toilet in "cardboard receptacles" due to a shortage of cells, while at-risk inmates were being held in their cells for up to 23 hours daily, a new reports says.