It comes amid renewed calls to rename Hamilton the original Māori name Kirikiriroa.

Middlemarch has registered New Zealand's coldest June temperature since 2015.

Legacy of colonisation in spotlight amid global rallying cry against racism.

It is the latest statue to be targeted as part of protests against racial injustice.

Heavy rain warning for the top half of the country, with floods in the Coromandel.

Derek Lardelli is a longtime champion of Māori arts in New Zealand and overseas.

We have five new dames and knights today, New Zealand.

His ancestor was regarded as 'the father of more children than any other early trader'.

Our good run of weather had to come to an end.

Small schools to get better lights and insulation in bid to restart economy.

'A storm is brewing': Some businesses have only a few more wage-subsidy pay cycles left.

"We need to localise our workforce and look at projects through a climate change lens."

Police are manning a number of beaches to head off lockdown-breaching surfers.

'It's frightening, in some ways you'd say is it a bit Kiwi? You know, she'll be right?'

East Coast community may set up road blocks to prevent travellers from entering.

Pak'nSave's Facebook followers have applauded the move.

New "toughest" rules are not evident yet at Auckland Airport.

Road work around culturally significant sites near Tangoio will be monitored.

Police said the person was pronounced dead at the scene.

The 36-year-old builder remains a passionate Marton Saracens Cricket Club supporter.

It's getting hot out there: Te Karaka near Gisborne reaches a sweltering 40C.

Scientists have shed more light on a newly identified fault system north of Gisborne.

Fine weather for the country this week.

A road is also closed in the small North Island town.

Eleven-year-old has been in hospital since he unknowingly stood on a discarded cray pot.