A New Zealander is among passengers from a cruise ship afflicted by the rare and deadly hantavirus who have touched down in Australia before a three-week quarantine.

About 200 school students have marched their way through the capital to Parliament, calling on the government to do more to fight climate change.

State Highway 1 at Rakaia has reopened after a multi-vehicle crash left two people dead and three others injured this afternoon.

NZ's largest education union is describing a delay in the introduction of the government's new curriculum as a significant win for teachers and school leaders.

A long-awaited coastal Wellington cycleway in the Hutt Valley has come up short for some cyclists, after leaving "strings of kids on bikes heading into traffic" near Eastbourne.

Education Ministry figures showed more full-time international students enrolled for degrees last year than domestic students.

A Christchurch landlord, who tried to stop tenants from adopting a golden labrador in a unit within a three-level building, has been overruled by the Tenancy Tribunal.