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Every physical movement became a chore but worse was to come when she couldn't breathe.

Sticky days and nights to hang around a little longer.

Papatoeote High School into its third day as a testing centre.

Pupils are staying away from school as Covid fears for elderly keep them away from class.

The Government won't be changing border lines but is trying to save locals a long trip.

Police release the first set of statistics after the region was sent into a snap lockdown.

Those wanting to get a job with Arvida must agree to have a Covid vaccination.

Fresh alarm as more community cases surface. Major and events under threat.

Kaipara residents want more testing stations closer to their rural communities.

The fallout is continuing a year after the deadly volcanic eruption.

New Plymouth couple Keith and Lou Roebuck were on SH1 in Tokoroa when tragedy struck.

A man is managed isolation is devastated he couldn't see his dying mum.

Roxi Ansari came from the US to help others. Sadly, she died last week aged 35.

It's taken hours to travel across Auckland this week. This may speed things up.

A second West Auckland school pupil tests positive for Covid-19.

It's been four weeks since a new wave of Covid-19 began spreading in our biggest city.

Snow is replaced by sunshine as the country welcomes a stretch of fine weather.

Crews have been out with the chainsaws after trees have crashed down across roads.

It was a gaffe-prone 22 days at the helm of the National Party for Todd Muller.

He gave guards the slip then disappeared for more than an hour.

Bookings for seats on Air New Zealand flights into New Zealand have been reduced.

Auckland says Covid-19 queues are 'absolutely insane'.

She was the victim of a nasty arson attack, but her faith in humanity is far from shaken.

The worst drivers don't come from overseas says a top Canterbury policeman.

The year's weather was crazy as snow fell in summer and winter was one of warmest ever.

A ground-breaking fleet of environmentally friendly cars will hit Christchurch soon.

Two women walking to work were viciously beaten in central Auckland.

A New Zealander in Barcelona says "it's absolute chaos" in city.

Neighbours say the pizza was being delivered to a home that did not place an order.

Police stopped a dobbed-in driver but he took off and crashed, killing two.

New Zealand might be on edge - but spare a thought for Blair Tuke's nervous mum!

Farewell party turned into a massive street brawl that has left a schoolboy in hospital

Lynley Bilby immerses herself in the beauty of the Great Barrier Reef.

After a miracle on McGregor Rd, Boss Pomare's kids are planning his wedding to their mum.

People are still holed up in homes in isolated communities unable to go anywhere.

A school is taking radical action to get pupils off their screens for at least 45 minutes a day.

Hope for survivors of one of NZ's largest ever whale strandings is "slowly slipping away".

Australian and New Zealand authorities make the largest ever cocaine bust off the Australian coastline.

Council spokeswoman Rebekah Duffin said the destruction of the Wilderland farm would be a huge blow to the area.

A Kiwi trapped in a nightclub shooting was forced to dive for cover as a gunman opened fire on revellers and security staff at a nightclub in Mexico.

A boy has been missing for nearly a fortnight and police hold fears for his health.

Police say a man shot overnight in Christchurch was targeted by two intruders.

The problem that caused the giant cottonwood tree to crush cars and injure a woman was not easily detected.

Marlborough Civil Defence may evacuate six more people from the Clarence River area this morning.

Heavy rain and wind is forecast to batter the upper South Island and lower North Island this afternoon.

A car carrier laden with vehicles careened into a building, narrowly avoiding oncoming traffic, after it drove over a large boulder which then got stuck under it.

WATCH: Dashcam footage shows a Coromandel road turn into a river after rain lashed much of the country over the weekend closing roads.

A Bay of Plenty politician said she felt sorry for Chiefs players who were reprimanded after boozy end-of-season celebrations. Now she says they were "no better than animals".

Young football players witnessed the accident that killed a popular and respected parent.

Sir Colin Meads' family says it remains unclear what stage his cancer is at and he needs to undergo more tests.

The Western Bay of Plenty and Coromandel are facing a big clean-up as the wild weather moves south

Three-time Olympic gold medallist Peter Snell intends to turn his Texas home inside out to try to find his 1964 Tokyo Games singlet.

Four Iraqi soldiers have been killed in a suicide bombing outside the camp New Zealand troops are based at.

A new national cyber-law centre is being set up and its first project is putting the Harmful Digital Communications Act under the microscope.

Online safety champion NetSafe will head a new agency as the Government rolls out the second part of a plan targeting bullies on the net.

A third of high school students admit deliberately sending emails or instant messages knowing they will upset the person receiving it.

Jilted bachelorette Fleur Verhoeven is starting a new career as a motivational speaker in an attempt to encourage pre-teen girls to be kind to one another on the internet.

Growing number of primary school children are now seeking help from unwanted cyberbullying attacks - and those harassing them are likely to be the same age.

Teenage girls are more likely to be the victim of cyberbullying than any other group in New Zealand.

Nearly half of female students spoken to in a new survey said they had had an embarrassing photo put online against their will last year.

A generation of young New Zealanders faces