“All I can remember is turning off the street ... There was sun in my eyes, and then boom, it just happened.”

Vigilantes threatening to sort out issues between youths at Dunedin's bus hub have been warned by police.

The families of the men killed in the mine explosion released a joint statement. Half of them say they don't agree with it.

Samuel Moses Samson, 32, has been found guilty of the murder of Azalia Wilson.

Mary O'Neill ran a "consistent and relentless campaign" against the family next door.

MetService is warning of a risk of severe thunderstorms in South Waikato and Rotorua, expected to be accompanied by very heavy rain and damaging wind gusts.

A South Canterbury resident says she should have been told a house she rented for her young family had previously been contaminated by methamphetamine.

A lower North Island iwi's claim on a major power station hundreds of kilometres from their rohe has been knocked back to the Waitangi Tribunal by the High Court.

Bike numbers are limited on ferries due to health and safety restraints, but a cyclist says the ferry is never full and there's plenty of room.

Inseparable as children, Ankita and Malaykumar Patel dreamed of opening an animal shelter together. Now she is promising to honour her brother's memory.

Man facing drugs charges is fighting to keep his name secret, but the prosecutor says there's no evidence he'll lose career opportunities if named.

The high-profile entertainer involved in a plot to make a sexual assault complainant drop his case has been revealed as Mika X, formerly known as Mika Haka.

A chase followed reports of two aggravated robberies and someone being pulled from their vehicle in Auckland, police said.

Huge fire devastates major supermarket pizza supplier, leaving concerns over the future of the family-owned business.

Companies and public agencies could get tangled in conventions banning double-counting.

It was a big night in Auckland and a "highlight for the New Zealand art scene" as a Parnell gallery auctioned off various Banksy works for well over $2 million combined.

The head of managed isolation and quarantine facilities has made more changes to the exercise bus system, after failures onboard a bus from Auckland's Grand Mercure Hotel.

A new Kiwi black comedy posits a world seemingly without men, while Kate Winslet turns detective and Jenna Coleman plays a femme fatale.

Crime and gang activity are “escalating” in Napier and more police officers are needed on its streets, says the city's mayor.

South Auckland’s district health board is offering free consultations at local clinics as its public hospital experiences “significant pressure”.