Otago's median house price has ballooned over the past couple of years so is owning a home still a possibility?

NZ professor warns Australian Delta variant outbreak may be beyond control, as regional NSW goes into lockdown.

There were 80 people at the Christchurch party which ended last night with a fatal stabbing, in a Fendalton house that had been rented for the event.

The New Zealand hip-hop community is in mourning after news local rapper, MC and writer Todd Williams - aka Louie Knuxx - has died.

Analysis - Some are urging the government to tackle the housing crisis - now flagged as a human rights issue - like the first Labour administration of 1935-49. But can it do so?

An Otago woman who poisoned her son with eye drops and nasal sprays while in hospital will never see the child again, the boy's father hopes.

Some people trying desperately to return to New Zealand feel like they've been missed out in the government's latest border annoucements.

Dunedin's distinctive purple and white Cadbury silos are coming down as demolition of the former chocolate factory continues.

Ashburton District Council waste managers say residents may have had difficulty "changing back their habits" following a loosening of recycling criteria during Covid-19.

A 65-year-old Pasifika man who went missing from his South Auckland home last night has been found safe and well.

The actions of a couple who teamed up to sexually abuse children aged between three and 14 have been described as sickening and depraved and offending that grossly violated society's norms.

Oranga Tamariki was warned about restraints at a Christchurch care and protection residence months before it was finally closed.

This week's meeting of the region's emergency management committee agreed to carry out a debrief on how the crisis was handled, with support from the National Emergency Management Agency.

Medsafe's approval of a new drug for type 2 diabetes could dramatically change the lives of thousands of people, including many in South Auckland registered as having diabetes, according to Diabetes Foundation Aotearoa.

Analysis: The National Party conference ends in disunity as a major board member quits, but the government is under the gun after power blackouts and revelations unvaccinated port workers boarded an infected ship.

Judith Collins' Aotearoa debate set in motion a wave of hurt. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui reports on the harm done when debate spirals into racism.

The Christchurch mayor is nervous about how the city will pay for an upsized multi-use arena, but believes it is what residents want.

"If all 3.7 million adults in NZ were scanning there would perhaps be 11 to 22 million scans per day being registered", Professor Nick Wilson says. Data shows it's about 5 percent of that.