Stories by Niva Chittock

An epidemiologist is urging people not to get complacent over the holidays about Covid-19 measures, as the country's death toll from the virus reaches 50.

National bird threat rates are remaining steady, with no more birds added to the near-extinct group.

Torrential rain has left parts of Canterbury cut off after a month's worth of rain fell in one day.

There's been a 76 percent increase in the number of roles Student Job Search is offering in agriculture, fishing and forestry - and student earnings from those jobs have more than doubled.

It's a big weekend for the national lottery which celebrates its 60th birthday this Sunday.

MetroBus announced one of their operators does not have enough staff to continue operating the weekday timetable.