With a "growing trend" of booze-fuelled incidents in the Gisborne suburb of Kaiti and in Gisborne's central city, a proposed alcohol ban extension is gaining public support. Gisborne District Council ...

Latest numbers show 27,243 more people received a benefit in May, compared to the year before. The Ministry of Social Development's monthly update shows the number of people on a benefit in New ...

The new Te Ahu a Turanga Highway crossing the Ruahine Ranges is bookmarked on both ends by mahi toi (artwork), by two ...

Current and former police ministers are pointing fingers at each other over slipping standards at the Police College. Findings from an audit into recruitment standards at the Royal New Zealand Police ...

Hundreds of people are expected to gather at the historic Owae Marae in Waitara this month to celebrate the legacy of Māui Pōmare, a 20th-century champion of Māori health.

Under legislation introduced by the Australian Government, foreign buyers will be prohibited from purchasing established ...

Auckland Council’s Regional Waterway Protection Fund (RWPF) and Making Space for Rural Water Fund are now open for ...

Part of State Highway 7 in the central South Island that includes Lewis Pass will remain closed overnight after a slip on the ...

Rotorua Police are appealing for the public’s help after a hit-and-run incident this afternoon that left a man critically injured. Emergency services were called to Edmund Road at around 2.15pm after ...

Three property owners have been convicted and fined in the Auckland District Court for serious and prolonged breaches of the ...

The oldest Champion was Bernard Bennett who attended his first nationals in 1955 and was a member of this years winning Masters Triples team aged 91. Marcus Trlin and Denise Clarkson were awarded the ...

Three people were aboard the boat when it got into trouble in water off Pātea, about 10.15am. One person was located in the water after the boat capsized. They were treated by ambulance at the scene ...