Convicted double-murderer Scott Watson has been declined parole for a fifth time, with the parole board suggesting he address a number of their concerns ahead of his next appearance later this year.

Jacqualine Suzanne Wheeler, 71, from Rotorua has been formally identified as a victim of the Mount Maunganui landslide.

A passenger aboard a tourist boat that ran aground outside Akaroa Heads on Banks Peninsula on Saturday says some on board were panicked and crying.

A monster slip blocking the main access route to a series of towns on Northland's east coast is still moving, complicating efforts to reopen the road.

A cybersecurity group says it's identified the person responsible for hacking into the Manage My Health portal, and now it wants justice served.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said New Zealand won't be joining US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace.

The statue of a corgi sniffing an ice cream is one of three bronze dogs installed in central Christchurch.

The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation has welcomed the move as "an important step in the fight against New Zealand's vaping epidemic".