The couple have provided safe, loving care for the girl, but social workers worried her cultural needs were not being met.

Two more people have been hospitalised with moderate injuries after the blaze.

A milk tanker spilt 10,000 litres of milk on Friday night amid a blaze that closed Expressway lanes.

Drivers can expect delays on SH2 after the crash.

Demand for blood donations is soaring as blood and plasma donation helps cancer battlers.

Claire Freeman's shared hospital room always smelled of faeces, and she describes the week-long stay as “humiliating, degrading and traumatic”.

Alexandra Murdoch had just run out of sick leave after having knee surgery when her youngest son caught a mild form of RSV. She's not alone.

Surrounded by tagging and chaos, Alex Law's poster advertising his shop was turned down by City Rail Link because it made the place "look messy".

Joseph Jenkins, 20, had attended an outdoor camp and was walking along the road when he was struck by a vehicle.

Simon Bridges' book might not be an insider’s tell-all, but it reveals what is inside the mind of a politician.

An Upper Hutt house where a person was found dead following a fire on Thursday morning burned for a second time on Saturday morning.

It comes after a number of academics have recently spoken out about being targeted online.

A teenage boy allegedly raped at school by a fellow student dropped out when police couldn't lay charges. The case exposes the difficulties in dealing with such trauma.

Invercargill City Council says it has offered EAP services to Sir Tim Shadbolt.

One incident saw a robotic straddle carrier slam a container into a stack of others, while another machine toppled over a retainer wall.

All of the Australian state is now under a strict lockdown after officials announced a record number of daily coronavirus infections, along with multiple deaths.

More than 100 riders gathered at Princess Margaret Hospital and began the ride to Sumner just after 10am.

Nurses would strike for eight hours between 11am and 7pm on August 19 and midwives would strike for 12 hours, between 8am and 8pm.

A clear IPA from Auckland brewer Urbanauts was among the favourites on tap as the Beervana beer festival returned to Wellington.

Actors stayed in New Zealand for more than a year due to pandemic travel restrictions.