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A public health expert says New Zealand is in its ninth wave of Covid-19 as the latest HNZ figures show 50 hospitalisations and 19 deaths with the virus in the past week.

An IT project behind the overhaul of firearms regulations has been put on hold, due to uncertainty over what is needed.

Scientists are uncovering previously unknown fault lines and signs of hidden earthquake activity across the North Island.

A RNZ Air Force Hercules is set to depart from Auckland's Whenuapai air base for the Middle East to help any Kiwis stranded by the US-Iran conflict.

An Ōtorohanga farmer was shocked when her and a group of weed controllers stumbled across a human skeleton in an area of privet bush near State Highway 3 this morning.

An ultra-high-risk sex offender who has been living in a Christchurch Men’s Prison residence for more than nine years will remain in a secure facility after failing to convince the courts he can be safely managed in the community.