The Department of Conservation is looking into the video, which was posted on real estate agent Ricky Cave's Instagram account.

Auckland-based group also says "savvy landlords" don't rent to underage tenants.

The fire in Rawene, Northland, started about 3pm and spread to across 10 hectares, before being contained about 8pm.

The 21-year-old was granted interim name suppression in his first court appearance after two people were found dead in Hāwera.

An intoxicated woman drove off with her two young children in the back seat while her partner was being processed for drink-driving.

A farm manager tried to set fire to his employer’s Central Otago homestead before lighting a fire at the cottage where his own children and partner lived.

The wharf was already in poor condition when damage from recent earthquakes turned out to be much worse that first thought.

When Unity Wara was grabbed from behind while biking through a short bush track, her old kickboxing skills came into play.

Six new coronavirus cases have been detected at New Zealand's border.

The calm summery days are gone and Wellingtonians are being told to batten down the outdoor furniture.

Paora Henare Hine was considered a family friend but then stole his mate’s car and assaulted him while wielding a steel bar.

Development West Coast is hoping local craft brewers will take over the historic brewery.

The Shannon volunteer firefighter ran to douse his own hotel after emergency services were called to the blaze at 12.53am on Monday.

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From Tuesday much of the country will be hit by heavy rain, strong winds and plummeting temperatures.

Shane Wilson says it was lucky his drink-driving did not kill anyone.

It took 12 weeks for the death toll to rise from 200,000 to 300,000. The death toll has leaped from 300,000 to almost 400,000 in less than five weeks.

A fire which started in the motor of a fridge went on to destroy a house in Fortrose, Southland, on Monday morning.

For more than a year Luke King and Emma Polaschek had been warned about stock escaping their Murchison property onto SH65.

A project to develop a modern aged-care village hopes to start construction this year with its resource consent now granted.