Police have decided not to file charges after a shoplifting allegation was made against former Green MP Golriz Ghahraman. The ...

New Zealand needs to get past the "squeamishness about privatisation", David Seymour has argued in his first major speech of ...

The body of a teenage swimmer who went missing off Southshore beach in Christchurch yesterday has been found by a member of the public. Hundreds of Jenin residents left their homes on Thursday, as the ...

It came as a surprise to the Central Otago mayor to read a new hospital and gondola in Queenstown would be included in a bid to the government for a regional economic growth deal for the district.

A new wildfire that broke out north of Los Angeles rapidly spread to more than 38 square km, forcing mandatory evacuation orders for more than 31,000 people. A man has been arrested after two people ...

Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35%. Drastic cutbacks at NZME affect not only ...

One person has died after a two-vehicle crash north of Temuka this afternoon. The crash on Milford Clandeboye Rd was reported at 12.40pm, a ...

An historic Canterbury home is getting a new lease on life as its owners John and Wendy Hillary pour their life savings into ...

The Police Association says it's aware an internal investigation is under way, after police staff were found to be searching the main database for details about Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming's death.

Instead of "just sitting on the fence" after a teen was stabbed at the bus hub, Pacific Trust Otago planned a ground-breaking three-year initiative to stop anything like it happening again. Since ...

Drastic cutbacks at NZME affect not only staff but also readers wanting information on important issues, a union says. A ...

The United States will leave the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said today. A fire at a ski resort hotel overnight killed at least 10 people and injured 32 others in northwestern ...