The Prime Minister says New Zealand and Australia's militaries will "absolutely" be more aligned in the future, and that process has already started.

TAIC says it's concerned at the number of trains driving past stop signs, as it releases a report into a near-miss between a 1000-tonne freight train and a passenger one in 2025.

The government needs to stop delaying decisions about how climate adaptation will be funded, the mayor of one storm-ravaged district says.

Foreign Minister Winston Peters has asked officials to "express concern" with Chinese counterparts about the travel bans placed on four MPs.

More food banks will "undoubtedly" close after govt funding dries up next year, the Salvation Army says, despite a Budget commitment to keep pumping some money into the system.

A Chinese woman whose body was found floating in Auckland’s Gulf Harbour might have been detained in a suitcase before she died, a forensic scientist says.