Police are still trying to track down Thomas Phillips who they believe is currently with his three children.

A Christchurch street has been blocked off by police after a gun was reportedly fired at a home.

Here pet food, canned milk, oil and canned tomato and pineapple stocks are patchy.

Iwi justice panel for two women who vandalised pūkeko trap leaves victim unimpressed.

After picking up the man near Hāwera in South Taranaki, the woman was forced to pull over just before Pātea and sexually assaulted in her car, police say.

Illegal street racers and dirt bike riders plaguing Auckland streets have been rounded up in a year-long police operation.

He is facing a civil lawsuit in the US that accuses him of having sex with a teenager trafficked by the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

A section of State Highway 1 is closed and motorists are being told to expect delays after the crash.

A single-vehicle crash that left a person seriously injured and another in a moderate condition may have involved alcohol.

The Gloriavale community provided references for Vigilant Standtrue, commending his skills with special needs children.

An Auckland man, 33, has appeared in court, while police are looking for another man they believe was involved in the attack.

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Police, ambulance and the fire service were all called out, but the person died at the scene.

The island's police officer discovered two kiwis locked in a fierce kicking battle over a female during his overnight patrol.

A dramatic Aussie anthology focused on the Black Summer of 2019-2020 packs a punch, while the crowd-pleasing cheerleaders of Navarro College are back.

Since Mark arrived in Christchurch, he'd found four full-time homeless people sleeping in the central city as others, including teens, had been “moved to the suburbs”.

Richard Diver's solution to his friend's bothersome billboard involved two giant palm trees, a crane and a digger.

In a medical first, a man has been given a pig's heart in the US. But NZ has its own unique pigs that offer hope to dialysis patients.

The cyclone is tracking east, with waves of up to 7 metres expected by early Monday evening, MetService warns.

The beach had been due to reopen to cars on Monday, but the fire risk was judged to be too great.