Auckland police say they have caught three men with $2700 of shoplifted loot, after a sticky-fingered Boxing Day spree. Staff ...

Breakers point guard Parker Jackson-Cartwright has been charged with grabbing, pushing or mishandling a game official in ...

People are being warned away from the water at a popular Rotorua lake because of a potentially toxic algal bloom. Health New ...

Opie Bosson, one of the greatest jockeys New Zealand has produced, has today announced his retirement from riding. Bosson, 44 ...

Record monthly rainfall in Tairāwhiti was followed by dangerous high wind leaving sections of State Highway 2 impassable.

A man dropped off at Dargaville Hospital with serious injuries has undergone surgery. Police were advised at 10.40pm ...

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Several vehicles have been damaged, and one passenger injured on an Interislander ferry crossing that left Wellington this ...

Smoke from a large scrub fire has closed a busy road on Auckland’s North Shore. Firefighters are battling the growing blaze ...

Photo / Alex Burton The retail industry would have been hoping their Christmas wish came true this year, and it looks like ...

Hundreds of homes in Moyston, Willaura and Pomonal have lost power after the fire devastated crucial components of the region ...

Kiwis have spent big on Boxing Day sales across the country, although spending leading up to Christmas was down compared to ...