Wakatipu may soon be renamed Whakatipu. Local rūnanga are discussing whether to make an official application.

A main pipe on Mersey St burst this afternoon, sending torrents of water down the street and causing a water outage for many streets in the Wellington suburb of Island Bay.

REVIEW: Tugging at the heartstrings from the first frames, this atmospheric, gentle and languid tale is very much a meditation on the human condition.

“We agree with the Crown that, on its face, this was a cynical attempt by Mr DeMarco to manipulate the system,” the Court of Appeal said in its unanimous judgment.

Sharolyn Croton's overseas adventures in Australia and tropical islands inspired her to bring the tropics to Taranaki for everyone to enjoy.

OPINION: Our natural beauty can never be trumped.

Our viewing method is sometimes complicated and a little frustrating. But it saves money and confusion, and for us, it works. We are the ultimate binge watchers.

The implications of continuing to allow poorly-mitigated transmission of Covid are “too great to ignore”, the new open letter to Govt warns.

All of Christchurch’s organic waste could be sent to landfill if a proposal to immediately close the city’s composting plant is approved.

A community action group has expressed strong concern over an escalation from business owners in the defence of their stores from offenders.

It looks like an overgrown driveway, but this strip of land in Khandallah is a section, tipped to sell for half a million.

REVIEW: Make no mistake – unless some bloody fool decides to launch a prequel series, this film is definitely here to put a bow on the entire franchise.

Joanna Ji has been missing in Amsterdam without her bag, phone passport or wallet for more than a week, her family say.

Analysis of funded cancer drugs shows our Aussie counterparts can access 18 medicines Kiwis cannot, including three types that cure cancer.

Paul Bettany and Claire Foy play a warring Duke and Duchess, while a former Game of Thrones' star takes the lead in the latest Line of Duty wannabe.

The money had gone through, but they had no flights to show for it. They spent the whole weekend on hold waiting to find out what had happened.

Z Energy traded for the last time on Thursday ahead of its $1.97b takeover, notching up the biggest trading on the market by volume and value.

Flood protection work could not be done without central Government funding, Environment Southland chairman Nicol Horrell said.

Two Christchurch brothers have come up with possibly the weirdest way to do good – offering to send a sausage anonymously to feed a person in need.

A 12-year-old female was in the driver's seat of the getaway vehicle after a theft at a dairy in central Auckland's Grey Lynn.