The crash blocked an intersection in central Christchurch and saw three people taken to hospital with moderate injuries.

A 22-year-old man has been arrested and charged after a car was stolen in Gisborne with a 1-year-old inside.

Nga Ngaru Rautahi o Aotearoa backs the idea of Foodstuffs and Countdown having to sell their Four Square and Fresh Choice chains.

A 12-year-old boy with autism found friendship and security with the family cat. Now he wakes up at night and goes searching for him.

When Dan Woolley turned around to check on Teegan, 4, she wasn't there. "I freaked out ... you think the worst - has she gone through the windscreen?"

Every year, about 290 women are diagnosed, and 180 women die from ovarian cancer in New Zealand, but few even know what symptoms they should be looking for.

Employment Relations Authority says there must be 26 weeks of work between the end of the previous leave period and the next baby's due date.

Police are unsure how many gang members could arrive in Nelson for the tangi of Martin Reuben but are not expecting trouble.

Two people seriously injured after two-vehicle crash at intersection of two state highways in Horowhenua.

It will be a few more weeks before the cacophony of cicadas makes it difficult to hear outdoors - an entomologist explains why.

“What's another 10 minutes in comparison to lifelong injuries or a death in the family? It's absolutely the right way for it to be."

A frontline doctor is asking people to try to avoid preventable injuries as already overloaded emergency departments brace for Omicron.

Investigators are treating the fire as suspicious as they try to find the cause.

As Omicron cases boom around the world, New Zealand needs to keep border cases low and rapidly roll out boosters, experts say.

Home Improvement's Tim the Toolman is back, but in a very different format, while our Tem finally gets the show he's been dreaming of for 20 years.

Temperatures are predicted to be hotter than average over the next three months, says Niwa.

New Jobs for Nature funding will help establish a coastline trapping programme in Kaikōura, a native plant nursery in Temuka, and fund planting in Lyttleton Harbour.

Massive crowd expected at New Plymouth's Bowl of Brooklands on Saturday.

The Ministry of Health released the latest update on Covid-19 case numbers and the Omicron situation in a statement on Friday afternoon.

It is believed the man was injured when he opened either a door or a window while inside the car wash and put part of his body outside.