Covid-19: 'Rescue flight' for health workers stranded in Queenstown
The doctors had a fifth flight booked but it did not eventuate.
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Gisborne doctors stuck in resort as flights stop
The deadline for people to get out of Queenstown expired last Friday.
Holidaymakers sent packing, iwi considers Covid checkpoints
Two vehicles had driven close to 500km before being told to turn around and go home.
One step closer to solving mystery of missing mother
Gisborne police accepted there were unanswered questions about the investigation.
Two large house fires in Gisborne and Upper Hutt overnight
Fire crews have been kept busy with two infernos.
Eighty per cent of Gisborne port workers unvaccinated
Full list reveals unvaccinated private sector border workers in ports.
'I don't want to go to Rotorua': Burnt car victim speaks out
Three cars were destroyed and at least two others damaged.
MPI raids multiple properties over 'highly organised' black market crayfish ring
About 80 fishery officers searched eight East Coast homes with police in support.
Data reveals Hawke's Bay and Gisborne residents targeted by hate speech online
Nearly double the NZ average reported experiencing hate speech online in the past year.
Willow's gift: Teen's organs saved three others after tragedy
'Little girl from Gizzy' remembered as a selfless, caring teen who lived life to the full.
Bingo night heist: 'Bugger this' - hero grannies as old as 87 use handbags to fight thieves
A group of 30 "nannies" playing Housie defended their $700 from thieves using chairs.
Pharmaceuticals company fined $28,000 for modifying, taking water from wetlands
Tairāwhiti Pharmaceuticals convicted of modifying and taking water from Te Whare Wetlands.
'City under siege': Rugby fans wanted blood after Springbok cancellation
Anti-tour protestors were being "bashed" - but claims some police didn't come to help
Wild weather: Tornado, thunderstorm warning for Auckland, Northland, Waikato, Coromandel
Warning of 120 kilometre per hour winds or a small tornado.
About 50 border workers in Gisborne yet to be vaccinated
Covid vaccine hesitancy still a factor among Gisborne's port workers.
Springbok terror: Anti-tour plot to shoot nails into Eden Park
Anti-tour protests became so violent there were fears people would die.
School uniforms out, brollies and winter woollies in: Wet, windy, cold start to school holidays
"Severe gales" expected for Northland and Auckland, snow for parts of the South.
School holidays weather: Unsettled week ahead
Tekapo was the coldest spot this morning at -7 with Manapouri and Timaru close behind.
Frosty start to school holidays, severe in South Island
Severe frosts are expected for South Island locations including Alexandra and Queenstown.
Watch: Armada of ships off Gisborne the biggest in a century
Red hot demand for logs, shipping and weather disruption means big queue.
Temperatures set to rise across the country
The North Island, Te Ika-a-Māui, might see frosty conditions tomorrow.
'Respect and dignity' mortuary waste bylaw passed in Gisborne
The bylaw bans the culturally abhorrent practice of sending mortuary waste to sea.
Where is New Zealand's hottest region right now?
Building boom, dairy prices driving economic confidence around country.
Bank closures in the provinces: Finance Minister pressed companies to extend 'hub' trial
Pressure from mayors sees Finance Minister press banks to extend bank hub trial.
Campers claim proposal to close Turihaua Point a breach of rights
Camper says proposal to close Turihaua Point is a breach of rights.
New report shines light on the shape of crime in Whanganui
A new survey has shone a light on the state of crime within the Whanganui-Manawatū region.
Blustery day for upper North Island, Gisborne to be drenched later tonight
Batten down the hatches - it's a windy day in the north.
Pharmaceutical company took water from, planted on wetland
The mānuka plantation encroaches on Te Whare Wetlands, deemed "regionally significant".
Crash closes highway, contractors on the way
Highway closed in both directions after crash.
Heavy rain warnings issued for parts of South Island
Heavy rain and strong wind warnings are in place for parts of New Zealand.
The floating threat to Napier City
Is Napier Port a tsunami threat to Napier City? Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Live weather: Timaru, Ashburton State of Emergency, Selwyn Huts evacuated
Floodwaters in Canterbury have exceeded warnings "by a huge magnitude", Fed Farmers says.
Veteran Māori broadcaster stunned by pilot's perfect te reo
A pilot's perfect use of te reo impressed a passenger so much that he asked to meet him.
Wet wet wet: Rain expected for most of the country
It will be wet in most places, but Canterbury can expect the biggest rainfall in 10 years.