Stories by Katie Todd

The Chief Ombudsman has launched multiple investigations into MIQ, including "customer service" issues and complaints from seafarers that they are getting stranded overseas.

A man has been sentenced to 19 months and two weeks in prison for helping bury a man's body in the central North Island and keeping quiet about the killing for two years.

The country's main supermarket chains could be in for a shake up when the Commerce Commission releases its draft investigation into the groceries industry.

The mother of murdered police officer Matthew Hunt says it has been traumatic listening to the details in court of what happened to her son. Audio

Police killer Eli Epiha has been found guilty on a charge of attempted murder, after shooting two officers in Auckland last June, killing Matthew Hunt and wounding David Goldfinch.

A jury has retired to consider its verdict in the trial of police killer Eli Epiha, who shot two officers in Auckland last June, killing Matthew Hunt.

The crown in the trial of Eli Epiha claims he was intent on killing police officers last June - choosing the most efficient of two weapons and sauntering away when an officer was wounded.

The man who shot and killed police officer Matthew Hunt has told the High Court it was a "coincidence" he hit a second officer David Goldfinch four times.

The man who murdered police officer Matthew Hunt has defended himself in the High Court, claiming he could have killed a second officer if he wanted to.

After Shane Conza helped Eli Epiha hide a gun after the shooting of two police officers, the pair were stopped by a patrol. Epiha, who had earlier committed murder, told Conza to act cool.

The colleague of slain police officer Matthew Hunt has recounted a "surreal moment" he shared with the gunman - before what felt like an explosion of acid in his hip, as he was shot.

Witnesses have described hiding from gunfire, watching an officer fall and seeing an armed man calmly 'stroll' from the fatal shooting of Constable Matthew Hunt.

A High Court jury has listened to recordings of police officer Matthew Hunt's final radio communications and heard of the chaos when the young constable was shot dead on duty in Auckland.

Paramedics have described arriving at a chaotic scene in Auckland last June, after the shooting of two police officers who had been carrying out a routine traffic stop.

The killer of Auckland police constable Matthew Hunt denies attempting to murder another officer, despite shooting him four times.

A rule introduced last month in managed isolation and quarantine prohibits any exercise that creates heavy breathing or perspiration while returnees are out of their rooms.

The government splashed $37.6 million on private security guards for MIQ hotels in eight months after announcing it would use its own guards instead.

Schools are offline and more than 100 North Island kindergartens have reverted to pen and paper due to a major international ransomware hit.

Almost 2000 managed isolation rooms sit empty each day, while New Zealanders trying to get home say they are struggling with an ongoing lack of vouchers.

Officials are trying to track down more than 14,000 people who have automatically had free stays in MIQ.

Anti-plastic campaigners and plastic producers are both critical of the four-year plan to phase out the harmful packaging, saying it falls short on plastic bottles and PVC. Audio

Officials have told the government they are sometimes struggling to identify who needs to pay for their managed isolation stay.

The government is being asked to rethink its Covid-19 vaccine plan now Medsafe has given the green light for children as young as 12 to receive a Pfizer injection.

Contractors will be out in force again today in Papatoetoe, where the ripple effects of a quick, devastating and deadly tornado on Saturday morning are still being felt.

Central Auckland business owners say officials have been complacent in the 'decimation' of their livelihoods, during City Rail Link construction.