For the first time there has been a mass bleaching of native sea sponges in Aotearoa, raising alarm about the impact climate change is having on marine ecosystems.
Many elective surgeries and clinics scheduled across the country for Monday are being deferred in anticipation of 10,000 health workers walking off the job for 24 hours.
Doctors and nurses organisations are not happy with the government's new changes to immigration and the border, saying it won't help a system under severe strain.
The lawyer for a woman whose fake bomb threats caused eight graduation ceremonies to be called off says his client deserves permanent name suppression.
New Zealand has fired a warning shot at Canada over dairy tariffs, kicking off a dispute resolution under the trans-Pacific Partnership pact - the first of its kind.
The number of people first diagnosed with HIV in New Zealand last year is the lowest since the late 1990s, partly due to Covid-19 restrictions, figures released by the University of Otago's AIDS Epidemiology Group show.
The Government's immigration decisions amount to a white immigration policy, creating a two-tier system that will entrench inequities, the Green Party says.
The team behind celebrity cook and businesswoman Nadia Lim say "one has to wonder why he even bothered" after receiving a two-line apology from rich-lister Simon Henry.