In just over a year, Marley Biggins’ North Canterbury property has flooded five times. Each time, water remained under her house for weeks.

Her drink bottle smelled of alcohol and the water burned her throat, but the dairy factory worker had no idea a colleague was feeding her chemicals.

Two people were injured at Whakarewarewa The Living Māori Village in Rotorua after a geothermal hole opened up.

The news chief's resignation in the wake of a scathing review is a loss, former colleagues say, but another claims he oversaw a team with low morale.

"Bloody awful" blizzard conditions meant it took rescuers three attempts to reach the men, who survived on 15 muesli bars between them.

ASB economist says people sticking to the strategy of fixing for the cheapest rate possible might face a shock.

On a usual pre-win weekday, they'd sell 10 of Rich Johns' Get Smoked, Pickled + Toasted creations. On Wednesday, they sold more than 60.

The constable is accused of entering a police station without authority and destroying evidence in the form of his own blood samples.

National leader Christopher Luxon and ACT leader David Seymour will join the PM in a trip to Samoa to commemorate 60 years since its independence from New Zealand.

While most of the 1200 lightning strikes were recorded offshore, 84 were over Taranaki and one completely destroyed a tree.

Imagine if cops could only scold thieves and ask them nicely to please give that stuff back. With public information, this is how policing works.

Footage shows a seal sitting in the middle of a road in Timaru, while multiple police cars and motorists looked on.

The wholesaler said he recognised the jewels as he'd supplied them to the shop from which they were taken.

Councillors traded barbs over whether cycleways reduce carbon emissions before approving the $22 million Christchurch cycleway.

Camaraderie is getting the sodden community of Tangimoana through it, but frustrations are rising with the floodwater.

It's been derided but also called "quite clever" - academics say New Zealand could learn a thing or two from Saudi Arabia's plan.

The Southland Charity Hospital is on track to be completed by Christmas.

The singer was best known for his hit 1990 cover version of Welcome to our World.

A new bill aims to lower the threshold for disclosing donations, which supporters want fast-tracked to avoid undermining the next election.

The selfless work undertaken by some of the hardest working volunteers has been recognised through the New Plymouth District Council’s annual citizen awards