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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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