Government cuts fuel tax by up to $17 a tank and halves public transport fares.

The state care system that was designed to be a parent stole Paora Sweeney's childhood and future.

"I consider myself a creator. And I think he sees me as a woman or something lesser first and I don't appreciate that."

Sarah-Jane Bayram, who died after a mid-air collision while skydiving, was "full of adventure and love for life", a friend says.

Donna and Colin Craig-Brown's world-beating 7.9kg masher has been officially disqualified from the record books on account of its DNA.

Data suggests many Cantabrians are either sick and isolating, or sheltering in place with less foot traffic, parking use, cycle trips and bus rides being recorded.

Abraham Benjamin Haarhoff raped and sexually assaulted a young girl multiple times in 2018 in Auckland.

A man died from anaphylactic shock after the Hutt Valley District Health Board failed to flag a possible allergy to medication in a national database.

A stolen pink Suzuki Swift was at the centre of a Whakatāne incident that ended with a car down a bank and two teenagers in custody.

The dolphin had a lucky escape after it was rescued by a sightseeing boat after becoming trapped in a cray pot line in Akaroa’s harbour.

Call logs show the nurse and prisoner shared 47 phone calls during a five-month period. Eleven contained ‘sexually explicit’ comments.

The man was taken to a local medical centre after being shot on Monday afternoon.

Skyrocketing price increases at the pump are hampering travel plans for road users but there may be some relief.

The Canterbury DHB said the Omicron outbreak and staffing challenges has meant it has had to re-prioritise its Covid-19 vaccination programme.

Rena Maloney has been found guilty of murdering her partner, before leaving him to rot in a compost heap for two weeks.

An investigation is underway after a person was sexually assaulted after a big student party close to the University of Canterbury’s main campus over the weekend.

Mobil's price drop is immediate, while Z Energy and BP will make the 25c cut from midnight on Monday when the changes come into effect.

Studies show the chance of contracting Omicron from a housemate with the virus is between 15 per cent and 50 per cent.

ANALYSIS: The size of the excise cut is a surprise - as Labour refuses to be undercut on cost-of-living politics.

Electric vehicle dealers say the surge in demand from people wanting to trade in their gas guzzlers has been "manic" and unlike anything they've seen before.