Developer says Papakura township "should have been a slam-dunk project" for the Government.

The volcanic tremor has been long and strong, and is showing no signs of stopping - but the crater lake has stopped warming.

ANALYSIS: It's been nothing but good vibes between Singapore and New Zealand on the PM's trip. But China looms large in the background.

Now that Matariki is an official public holiday, the National Party leader wants another public holiday scrapped.

The security guard wasn't convicted for his actions, and can keep his employment due to his "remorse".

A South Canterbury property management company which made headlines for failing to lodge bonds and return money to tenants and property owners has been placed in liquidation.

OPINION: Let’s not dishonour victims further in death by criticising what choices they had to make while alive.

St John staff who responded to the crash have been praised for the care they delivered to their "colleague and friend".

A Mount Maunganui penthouse has sold for $10.2m, a new record for the Bay of Plenty.

The 21-year-old man is due to appear in the Wellington District Court facing multiple breaches of bail and failing to stop for police.

Police have found a person dead in a house after a fire closed roads in the Auckland suburb of Ōtāhuhu.

Jacinda Ardern says pact with the Solomon Islands could militarise the Pacific, but she hasn't raised it with China's president directly yet.

The pustule-forming fungus can wipe out trees in the myrtle family, including pōhutukawa and mānuka, but experts say it might have a “silver lining”.

The woman's body was discovered a short distance from a local walking track south near Charleston on Tuesday afternoon.

Negotiations have failed and the only option was to strike next month, union bosses say.

The 14-year-old, named as Isobelle, was found after being missing from an address in Southbridge, south of Christchurch, for five days.

A plan for a waste-to-energy plant in Te Awamutu has attracted concerns from environmental groups.

A heavy rain warning for Buller, Westland, Fiordland and parts of Tasman comes two months after widespread flooding on the West Coast.

A man has been taken to hospital with serious injuries following an incident in the Manawatū town.

The New Plymouth businesses that two months ago were fined a total of $16,000 for breaching Covid-19 restrictions are yet to pay their bills.