It might have been cooler than average in Dunedin last month, but Niwa data shows the city had 256 hours of sunshine, making it the third-sunniest January on record.
The family of a Kiwi woman allegedly murdered by her partner before he killed himself in Melbourne are remembering her as a "vibrant, loving soul" and a "devoted mother".
Māori women led a protest against David Seymour on the eve of the country's national day as the Act leader delivered an incendiary address at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds.
Dozens of parents doing drop-offs and pick-ups at a Christchurch childcare centre have been wrongly fined for all-day parking because of problems with a company's camera system.