The body is believed to be that of Jack Skellett, who failed to return after heading out from Petone beach on Monday morning.

The Commerce Commission has outlined the issues it will consider when it decides whether to grant an application from the country’s media companies to negotiate collectively with Facebook and Google.

A man was injured after he and a police officer fell to the ground during an arrest on Tuesday afternoon in Levin.

Emergency services are responding to the two-vehicle crash between Tuapiro Rd and Hikurangi Rd in Tahawai, closing SH2 in both directions.

Lower Hutt's Patrick Street has such a key place in architectural history it gets its own walking tour during NZ Heritage week.

These suggestions will help you through returning home, or going off-grid, for the holidays - and there’s hardly an ice-capade or sitcom special in sight.

A miniature railway popular with Christchurch families could become half as big again if volunteers behind the service win permission to extend it.

It was an episode that started with so much promise of a happy ending. But then Shorty's Christmas curse struck.

The Waka Bar & Restaurant owner Francis Monopoli is believed to have died in a crash in the Marlborough Sounds on Tuesday morning.

Canterbury's famed Hinewai Reserve has seen footbridges wiped out and the landscape scarred, the worst storm damage its 76-year-old kaitiaki has ever seen.

Double Black Cap boost helps Wellington to lofty total that was too much for Otago, despite a late fightback.

With many festivals cancelled, experts fear people could put themselves at risk by taking dangerous substances in remote places where help is far away.

REVIEW: Now streaming on Neon & SkyGo, it's a brilliant showcase for her and Sharon Horgan. A kind of Curb Your Enthusiasm meets grown-up Derry Girls.

The Invercargill City Council has raised frustrations over Audit New Zealand’s annual report audit process.

Fire crews were called when an AirNZ pilot called for help after spotting a smoke warning light in the cockpit.

They were banking on coming home on January 17. Now they're devastated at the delay and have lost faith the Government will stick to its word.

Move follows Govt decision to require MIQ for trans-Tasman travellers for longer.

A visit from Santa at Tauranga Crossing has been added to the locations of interest linked to the Delta outbreak.

The New Zealand Abalone Company's first juvenile pāua from Ocean Beach was sampled by about 30 eager foodies in a star-studded taste test at the Southern Pioneer Food Hub on Tuesday.

Fire trucks can't get into the swamp to tackle the flames, mayor says, as "eerie" conditions see ash blown onto properties 50km away.