The pressure on Jacinda Ardern to sack Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta is building.

A mix of rain and humidity is set to spread across the country this week as “fingers of tropical moisture” reach down and touch New Zealand.

A tsunami in Lake Taupō sparked by a last night’s strong earthquake has destroyed boats and caused damage to the township’s foreshore as more than 150 aftershocks have been detected in the past 12 hours.

Cabinet will discuss interventions with young people that have helped reduce burglaries and ram raids and whether they can be extended, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.

A 27-year-old man will face several charges in court on Monday after driving erratically through Auckland’s Mission Bay area before assaulting a police officer.

A 15-year-old is one of two people arrested after a gun was allegedly pointed at another vehicle travelling on Christchurch’s Port Hills Road yesterday, sparking a chain of events.

One person is in critical condition after a car drove up a ramp outside a property in Howick, Auckland this afternoon.

New Zealand’s Supreme Court has ruled that the country’s current voting age of 18 is discriminatory, meaning parliament must discuss whether it should be lowered.

A man has been arrested and charged with murder following the death of a woman in the Napier suburb of Marewa on Friday morning.

Christchurch Airport recorded over a month’s worth of rain worth of rain this morning, as heavy rain warnings are in place today for Canterbury, North Otago, and Eastern Bay of Plenty.

A mother and her 10-year-old son have been named as the victims of a Manukau Harbour boating tragedy.

An Auckland liquor store owner already hit by earlier ram raids and break-ins has released security footage showing what he says is a man teaching children how to rob his shop.