Wellington Phoenix are cruising at 3-0 up against 10-man Avondale after striker Jaushua Sotirio bagged an early double.

A woman, stuck with five children at Wellington Airport after a landing system outage, took the easier option and rented a van to get them home to New Plymouth – a 352km drive.

A wing and a prayer - the final episode of Moving Houses delivers in spades as a former church is trucked along a treacherous road to Arrowtown.

The undisclosed donation allowed a Toyworld store in Tasmania to pay off more than 150 customer lay-bys on children's toys.

Christchurch could get up to four times its average December rainfall in just 29 hours this week, forcing the city council to prepare for possible flooding.

The three doctors have appealed, but they won't be heard until at least February and until then their practice certificates have been suspended.

Hosting the games could give Christchurch an economic boost of about $35 million.

Bill backed by all parties other than ACT will force councils to allow denser housing.

A pet store, a medical centre, a Four Square and a Turkish restaurant are among new locations of interest listed by the Ministry of Health.

The Government will review the Search and Suveillance Act in the coming year.

A road is blocked, one person is seriously injured, and four others are hurt.

After the bowlers kept it tight, middle order batter controls run chase to get Otago on the board.

Big Kiwi might not have been 100 per cent but it mattered not for Memphis.

The Ministry of Health is assuring Android users that a fix is on the way for a shortcut to the vaccine pass, which is disappearing from some home screens.

Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta says the Government has “some awareness” of a senior Taliban figure who once lived in New Zealand.

Debate over mātauranga Māori and science has descended into "personal attacks" and the topic deserves better, vice-chancellor Dawn Freshwater says.

The former Ireland coach will be brought in as a selector "at this stage", but his views will be sought on every aspect of the game.

From a Bruce Willis sci-fi stinker to truly awful sequels, remakes and a tone-deaf Sia musical, these were the fatally flawed flicks of the past year.

Three of the country's top-10 fastest selling suburbs are in Invercargill, according to the CoreLogic annual Best of the Best 2021 report.

REVIEW: Shot in and around his home town and high school, this rivals Heathers, Donnie Darko and Election as the best subversive teen movie ever made.