Jacinda Ardern admits she “slept well for the first time in a long time” following her bombshell announcement yesterday that’s she stepping down as Prime Minister.

Jacinda Ardern has put tiny New Zealand on the map in her five years as prime minister, becoming a global icon for left-leaning politics and women in leadership, even as she struggled at home with the economy and COVID-19 restrictions.

Two people have been seriously injured in a shooting in South Auckland last night.

Jacinda Ardern has announced she is stepping down as Prime Minister.

Heavy rain is causing flooding and road closures in Coromandel today, with “much more on the way”.

People are being turned away from Auckland’s Long Bay Regional Park after thousands of people flocked to the popular beach, seeing it reach capacity on a warm and sunny Christmas Day.

Roofs have been lifted from houses after a tornado tore through Central Otago this afternoon.

A gang member once involved in a horrific kidnapping of a suspected “nark” has been shot dead outside a church in South Auckland this morning in a targeted attack.

Police are appealing for help locating a suspect in the reported shooting that locked down a number of schools in Auckland last month.

New Zealand will phase in a near-total tobacco ban from next year.

A 3-year-old girl having an asthma attack died at a rural health centre after nurses failed to give her oxygen and a doctor administered six times the required dose of adrenaline.

Police said they believe the property was wrongly targeted, as inquiries have determined a connection with a nearby address.