Stories by Soumya Bhamidipati

Hundreds of Napier residents are calling for the police Eagle helicopter to stay in Hawke's Bay beyond the disaster response.

Many families are still waiting to hear if they'll have a home to return to.

East Coast volunteers and authorities are scrambling to get much-needed supplies into the right hands as about 100 communities in the area remain cut off.

The small farming district of Tangiteroria is drowning in murky floodwaters, while others are digging up the mud.

Flood-affected Aucklanders have an anxious few days ahead as the city is warned to prepare for more wild weather from Cyclone Gabrielle.

Two prisoners at Mt Eden Corrections Facility were already rioting when another lit a fire in his cell on Sunday, it's now been revealed.

Locals are applauding the state of emergency extension as communities clean up a week after Auckland's deadly floods.

As accommodation becomes a challenge for those displaced by the Auckland floods, a real estate industry group is appealing to people who may have empty properties.

It's been a quiet start to the week for central Auckland businesses with people encouraged to stay at home because of slips and flooding.

Two Wairarapa districts are the latest to be certified under the International Dark Sky Reserve movement, joining just 20 other places worldwide.

Marine antifouling technologies that include air bubble barriers could help keep marinas clean and stop ships being turned away from New Zealand ports.

Donations to charities are being hit by the rising cost of living, KidsCan says, and it is worried its ability to help children will be affected.

A Canterbury wine label has reached its goal of donating $50,000 towards stopping global slavery by the end of the year.

A human rights organisation wants people to use their holiday downtime to write letters advocating for the release of people imprisoned unfairly.

The former world kickboxing champion and convicted drug smuggler will be sent back to the Czech Republic in March.

New Zealand health officials reportedly agreed with Australian counterparts that introducing mandatory Covid-19 testing for travellers from China was an overreaction.

The items include moa leg bones, a golden huia beak brooch, a kiwi skeleton, a taxidermied bird, and two Māori clubs.

The transport agency is warning travellers to expect heavy traffic on highways up and down the country.

Participants are now being sought to help the Wellington-based firm research a combined flu and Covid-19 vaccine.

While Boxing Day spending reached record heights, it was overshadowed by the amount spent in the lead-up to Christmas.

Hundreds of people are spending their Christmas in hospital with Covid, while thousands more are at home, but in isolation.

Immigration handled the Lynnmall attacker correctly but was limited in what it could do because of immigration laws, a review has found.

The Criminal Cases Review Commission is instructing the High Court to reopen the case, involving a youth sent to prison after an incorrect birthdate on documents meant the court thought he was 17.

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