A driver clocked doing almost 150kmh refused to undergo a police test and threatened to carry on driving after being stopped near Waihola early today. Former National Party Minister Nikki Kaye has ...

Christchurch has been rattled by a small earthquake this morning. Christchurch residents are being warned to watch out for scammers pretending to be 'emergency locksmiths' who target people locked out ...

There were tears and anger when Hutt Valley residents found out a terrible smell from a wastewater treatment plant won't be ...

Newly-elected Otago University Students’ Association president Liam White says he too would have abstained on the vote to ...

Olivia Podmore was never referred for a detailed psychological assessment after she scored poorly on a mood test that indicated she found life meaningless and did not believe in her own self-worth.

A New Zealander who fell ill with what's believed to be methanol poisoning in Laos has returned home, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says. A Dunedin man allegedly fleeing police backed himself into a ...

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says the government will not budge on the budget cap it has set of $1.9 billion for the new Dunedin hospital. Onlookers watch as the Christmas tree goes up in the ...

Two people have died and two others have been critically injured in separate crashes in Auckland's Takanini and Waitoki. Storm Bert has battered Britain with snow, rain and strong winds, killing one ...

A woman woke in the middle of the night to find an intruder standing next to her bed, armed with a knife and masturbating. The impact of hospitals being forced to give back millions of dollars for a ...

Departing all Blacks halfback TJ Perenara has slipped a message of support for protests surrounding the Treaty of Waitangi hīkoi into the haka performed before New Zealand's game against Italy this ...

Virgillia oroboides is widely known as keurboom in its native homeland of South Africa, translating to "choice tree" for us ...

The lower North and South Islands are the biggest hotspots for whooping cough as an epidemic sweeps NZ, official data shows.