A former senior leader at police has quit his role the Civil Aviation Authority following the police watchdog's scathing report into how ...

A mother's decision to send all her children to the same after-school activity has propelled a Dunedin boy on to the stage. Broad Bay School ...

The completion of pile capping at the site of the new Dunedin Hospital's inpatient building has been hailed as a "major achievement" by the ...

The lawyer for Pike River families says police now have enough evidence to lay manslaughter charges over the disaster.

The coalition government says its tough-on-crime approach is working as a new survey reports 38,000 fewer victims of serious violent crime.

Former Labour cabinet minister Michael Wood has confirmed his re-entry into politics, announcing he will stand again in the Mt Roskill seat at ...

The White House has defended President Donald Trump after he called a female reporter "piggy" as she questioned him about the late convicted ...

Convicted killer Nathan Boulter was investigated four years ago over an allegation he raped a 15-year-old girl when he was 14.

New Zealand's best-known opponent of letting cats wander where they please is thrilled the government has stopped "pussyfooting" around the ...

Shane Jones is shrugging off an attempt to paint him as a hypocrite while taking a potshot at New Zealand actor Sir Sam Neill. Lobby ...

Fire crews spent much of yesterday evening dampening down hotspots on a suspicious vegetation fire at Outram Glen. Fire and Emergency New Zealand ...