Nearly a quarter of Pacific peoples will have the disease in the next two decades, a new report estimates, with younger and younger people getting the disease.

A person has died following a single-vehicle crash south of Whakatāne.

Green MP Chlöe Swarbrick is looking to get other parties onboard a cross-party bill to decriminalise cannabis, allowing it to skip the members' ballot.

Charity says former heavyweight champion is “tireless” in his support for the people of south Auckland and has made a "positive impact".

A Tinder hook-up prompted a police callout after a budding Romeo tried to enter someone else's home.

A Covid-hit Canterbury business has turned its flippers to citizen science, where it has noticed an alarming decline in the local penguin population.

Sandra May Anderson died when she crashed into the back of a parked truck on in Belfast, Christchurch. She has been remembered as a “happy and vibrant” colleague and friend.

The Crown says the man accused of murdering Denver Chance mutilated the victim's body before disposing of it in a chest freezer. But Jay Lingman denies murder.

The Ministry of Health announced the new cases on Monday afternoon.

Rydell Martin says he was only trying to stop his cousin getting beaten up in a street fight, but the Crown has challenged him with medical evidence.

CCTV footage posted on Facebook led to the conviction of a man who stole thousands of dollars worth of fishing gear from a marina.

Jacinda Ardern says she didn't know the teen was on a deportee flight from Australia until asked about it on Monday.

New Zealand’s passport is one of the strongest in the world. But what about our driver’s licence?

Queenstown has gone from being described as tourism's crown jewel to a community facing vitriol - and told it's getting what it deserves.

A handful of European countries have temporarily halted the rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine after reports of blood clotting occurring.

Six crews from the Millers Flat, Heriot and Tapanui Fire Brigades responded to a fire in an old farm house at Moa Flat on Monday night.

The power has gone off unexpectedly 11 times in two weeks in the South Taranaki town of Pātea.

Police are investigating how the woman left the moving vehicle in Māngere Bridge, south Auckland.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern won't go so far as saying Beijing has breached its legal obligations, as the UK has alleged.

A former reality TV star's plans to bring Hollywood to Christchurch have moved a step closer.