State Highway 1 at Rakaia has reopened after a multi-vehicle crash left two people dead and three others injured this afternoon.

NZ's largest education union is describing a delay in the introduction of the government's new curriculum as a significant win for teachers and school leaders.

A long-awaited coastal Wellington cycleway in the Hutt Valley has come up short for some cyclists, after leaving "strings of kids on bikes heading into traffic" near Eastbourne.

Education Ministry figures showed more full-time international students enrolled for degrees last year than domestic students.

A Christchurch landlord, who tried to stop tenants from adopting a golden labrador in a unit within a three-level building, has been overruled by the Tenancy Tribunal.

A young mother and her three-year-old daughter are dead after their family home went up in flames in Christchurch last night.