Hīkoi mō te Tiriti organisers are asking supporters to join them in honouring their inspiration, Dame Tariana Turia, as her tangihanga enters its third day.

A passenger is praising Auckland Airport staff after a phone threat led to a flight to Dunedin being cancelled and dozens of passengers being moved into a separate room for several hours.

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When fees were last adjusted for the Dunedin City Council’s public pools, they moved by about 10%.

Holiday-makers heading home from holidays and a handful of crashes have slowed traffic in Waikato, Wellington and at the Homer Tunnel to Milford Sound.

Biosecurity NZ says more than 100 extra fruit fly traps have been set up since a fly was found in South Auckland.