New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has tested positive for COVID-19 and will work remotely while isolating, his office said on Sunday, just two weeks before a general election in which his Labour party is struggling.

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency has issued a red alert for Auckland Harbour Bridge tomorrow morning as gales move in.

Labour, National and ACT each announced new immigration policies today which would expand the ability of parents and grandparents to visit family in New Zealand.

As the time Christchurch woman Yanfei Bao has been missing spans one week, police say the dive squad has been deployed to assist.

Murder-accused Lauren Dickason googled various methods of overdosing children in the two months before she killed her three little girls, a jury has heard today.

A street in Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city, has been cordoned off after reports of a shooting, local media reported on Thursday, with police saying they were responding to “a serious incident” and urging people to avoid the area.

A man wielding an axe entered three Chinese restaurants on Monday night in New Zealand’s largest city Auckland, sending four people to hospital, authorities and local media reported.

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said he would visit China from June 25 to 30, leading a trade delegation that includes some of the country’s biggest companies.

New Zealand police expect to start removing bodies from the hostel in Wellington where at least six people died in a fire earlier this week, authorities said on Thursday.

A resident of a Wellington hostel where a fatal fire occurred in the early hours of Tuesday morning said the fire alarms often went off, but not when they were most needed.

A child has gone missing in a caving system as torrential rain and flooding hit the North Island of New Zealand, with search and rescue teams suspending their search as night fell.

A state of emergency has been declared for Auckland as torrential rain wreaks havoc in the region, causing flooding in some areas.