What do KN95, N95 and P2 stand for? What's better, a surgical or cloth mask? We break it down here.

Black Caps all-rounder is seeing it big this week, as Northern Brave all but end the Central Stags' campaign.

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

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.

REVIEW: While there’s nothing particularly subtle, or exactly original, about Sophie Petzel’s tale, an impressive cast try hard to sell the sizzle.

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.

REVIEW: Writer-directors Eric Bress and J Mackye Gruber's 2004 tale strives to be Se7en, but sometimes strays into Dumb and Dumber territory.

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”.

Former million dollar man will play for the Warriors in 2022, earning a full-time contract after training on just $1000 a week.

Chasing 112 to win at Bay Oval, it was only in the final over that Hannah Rowe guided the Hinds home in the T20 Super Smash.

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.

Mark Thomson has spent years and about $175,000 deer fencing his farm, but fears his 90 hectares of bush may not grow back.

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

They batted together 28 years ago and opened the batting for Australia on Friday - though it was not so happy this time.

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

The 9-month-old dog was tied securely to a tree at Barrington Park when it was allegedly taken.

REVIEW: This is an entertaining, hilarious take on the superhero genre that's almost as good, and not nearly as violent or sweary, as Amazon’s The Boys.

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