A baby narrowly avoided being born on the side of a gridlocked Auckland motorway on Thursday, with his panicked parents getting a surprise police escort to...
A 95-year-old woman who was Tasered by police at an Australian care home, sparking a public outcry, has died. Clare Nowland was critically injured after police...
A coroner’s hearing which is trying to determine if a Queenstown man and his step-son are still alive or missing eight years after their disappearance has...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is warning coastal areas of NZ are expected to experience strong and unusual currents and unpredictable surges following a magnitude...
This year’s “no-frills” Budget is spending nearly $11.5 billion more of taxpayers’ money over four years, plus $1.9b from the climate response fund, with a focus...
The Loafers Lodge fire is being treated as arson, acting Wellington district commander inspector Dion Bennett says. Speaking to media on Wednesday afternoon, Bennett confirmed the...
Residents in the small Northland town Ruakākā are rallying around each other to grieve the tragic deaths of two children. The woman charged with their murder cannot be named,...
A fire engineer who has studied boarding house risks says the safety rules are too slack and need tightening. Multiple people have been killed in a fire that...
Two people have been charged in relation to a Serious Fraud Office investigation alleging they were involved in a $4.1 million Ponzi scheme involving more than...
Urban search and rescue crews have started combing through the smouldering wreckage of a Wellington hostel where up to 10 people may have died in a...