Why is the King’s Birthday celebrated in June? King Charles during his coronation. Photo: RICHARD POHLE / AFP With King Charles’ real birthday coming late in the year,...
Counties Manukau Health wait times: Man loses sight in eye waiting for specialist after urgent referral Clive Caine can still drive, luckily. But the 71-year-old Auckland...
Silver Ferns’ selectors face familiar midcourt dilemma New Zealand’s Ameliaranne Ekenasio and team mates during the national anthems. Photo: PHOTOSPORT In three days Dame Noeline Taurua will reveal...
Heavy rain, snow and gales forecast for long weekend File photo. Photo: 123RF Heavy rain and snow is expected for parts of the South Island, while central New...
Auckland’s tsumani sirens will undergo biannual testing at midday today, Auckland Council says. The sirens are located in a number of coastal locations and make a...
A man injured in a train smash in India says the hospital is overwhelmed and people are being treated on the floor. At least 288 people were killed...
An Otago-born author who researched the train crash which shattered her family 80 years ago says she believes the driver was made a scapegoat for the...
A Kiwi-born grandmother with schizophrenia has been booted out of Australia after she stabbed a man in the anus with a 15cm kitchen knife. Susan Davis...
A woman on dialysis was killed in a home invasion by an intruder who ripped out her breathing tubes as she tried to defend her whānau,...
A worker who lost his right hand after it was crushed in machinery at a meatworks fell into a “hellish limbo” as he struggled with anger,...