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3 minutes Resource consent for the construction of an Erebus national memorial in an Auckland park has been granted, despite opposition from local residents. Proposed Erebus memorial design Photo: Ministry of Culture and Heritag...

5-6 minutes Work on determining whether community transmission of Covid-19 in New Zealand is still ongoing after 14 new cases of illness were confirmed today. Director General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield Photo: RNZ / ...

3 minutes The Department of Conservation is closing its visitor centres to the public from today, and from tomorrow will cancel all hut and campsite bookings, says director-general Lou Sanson. DOC huts like the Moonlight Tops Hut ...

There are renewed calls to change New Zealand's "outdated" adoption law which has been described as "discriminatory and not fit for purpose". File photo. Photo: 123RF The Adoption Act - which has not been updated since 195...

A new website is giving people the chance to support small businesses by buying their artisan goods. Tomatoes Photo: 123RF The free to use online farmers market called Maker2U fast tracked to launch this week, in order to connect people and sm...

8-10 minutes Non-essential services will begin to close in New South Wales and Victoria over the next 48 hours, as Australia desperately attempts to slow the exponential growth of the deadly disease before tens of thousands ...

3 minutes AFP / PETER PARKS Bondi Beach was closed after sunbathers flouted a ban on non-essential outdoor gatherings of more than 500 people Sunbathers, surfers and tourists were ...

1-2 minutes Former AC Milan defender Paolo Maldini revealed that he and his son have been infected with coronavirus (COVID-19). Milan said Maldini, now the technical director at Milan, and his 18-year-old son Daniel, a youth team player...

1 minute Juventus striker, Paulo Dybala, and his girlfriend, Oriana Sabatin, have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19). He made this known via his Twitter handle on Saturday. He tweeted, “Hi everyone, I just wanted to inform you th...

The government is introducing a Covid-19 alert level system in the battle to prevent the virus spreading but whether it goes far enough is being debated. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern with Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield answer...

Fiji's Prime Minister has confirmed the country's second case of COVID-19 coronavirus. Frank Bainimarama said the latest case was the mother of Fiji's first COVID-19 patient who remained in isolation in a stable condition. Fiji's prime minister ...

Uncertainty over travel for the international workforce is compounding what has been a difficult season for orchardists in Central Otago. Photo: 123RF Border restrictions and reduced airline capacity in response to Covid-19 are creating anxi...

The first person in Taupō to test positive for Covid-19 says he was unable to get through to the Ministry of Health helpline for four days. Te Mahau Kingi posted on social media that he could not get through to the Ministry of Health's Covid-1...

Victoria University of Wellington is offering free education to people affected by the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Victoria University of Wellington. Photo: 123rf.com A scholarship covering 100 percent of tuition fees is available for new stu...

Photo: Supplied The head of Grey Power Nelson says half of its almost 7000 members have no internet, and have relied on vital health updates via television and radio. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced a four-level Covid-19 alert sy...

American country music legend Kenny Rogers has died at the age of 81. Kenny Rogers accepts the Legacy Award onstage during the 2017 SESAC Nashville Music Awards in Nashville, Tennessee. Photo: AFP / 2017 Getty Images A family representative sa...

This year would have been the 45th celebration of Polyfest, where thousands of secondary school students showcase Pacific dance and music in Auckland. The Tuli family had been tutoring three schools ahead of Polyfest, which was cancelled due to...

Councils around the country are closing community facilities because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Wellington City Gallery is one of the community facilities that is closing due to Covid-19. Photo: CC-BY-SA-3.0 / Rachel.healy Wellington is shutting...

3-4 minutes Jenene Crossan - New Zealand's 37th Covid-19 coronavirus case - has urged people to be patient and kind, particularly to those who have caught the virus. Crossan spoke to Checkpoint from an isolation ward at North Shore Hospital, w...

5-6 minutes Power Play - New Zealanders now have an alert system for Covid-19, giving people more certainty and clarity as the country moves into uncharted territory. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addresses the nation over the coronaviru...

Lidia Kelly 3-4 minutes Australian officials closed Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach on Saturday after thousands of people flocked there in recent days, defying social distancing orders to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, amid an...

3 minutes At least 12 people have been buried by a landslip in the Tambul-Nebilyer district in Papua New Guinea's Western Highlands Province. The slip happened between one and two am this morning at Lamindi Village in Tendepo Ward Tw...

3-4 minutes AFP/File / TONY KARUMBA The World Anti-Doping Agency has issued guidelines aimed at maintaining anti-doping efforts safely through the coronavirus pandemic The World Anti-Dopi...

3-4 minutes AFP / Philip FONG People take selfies in front of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic flame on display at Ishinomaki Minamihama Tsunami Recovery Memorial Park in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefectu...