The health minister announced plans to boost health worker numbers, including $10,000 in support for overseas nurses moving here.

An Auckland chiropractor had a "narrow escape" from having his registration cancelled after a two-year relationship with a patient, a tribunal decided.

Mark Lyon was sentenced to 15 years behind bars in 2014 on drug and sex charges, including plying women with drugs and sexually assaulting them.

Fabian Kearns twice took off his clothes and did an indecent act in front of a security camera and, on another occasion, sniffed and stole underwear from a washing line.

Those with gardens should keep a shovel handy, and those in apartments will need two buckets and a brave face.

ChargeNet has 400 more chargers planned over the next three years but, in the meantime, demand is worsened by cars being left in parks after charging.

A mental health nurse broke professional boundaries by sending suggestive messages to a “vulnerable” teenage boy on Facebook, a health watchdog has found.

An icy morning froze large parts of the South Island and caused transport troubles in the North Island, with more bad weather to come.

The six prisoners climbed onto the roof of Hawke’s Bay Regional Prison on Monday afternoon. Now a negotiation team has been called in.

Jacinda Ardern and politicians from across the spectrum have touched down in Samoa, marking the reopening of the Pacific nation and 60 years of official friendship.

From raging fires to battling blizzards, south Auckland firefighter Laura Andrews is set for a scene change as prepares a long trek in Antarctica.

A top New Zealand historian thinks our national library has been fooled into buying a forgery. It wouldn't be the first time.

The sanctions cover a large web of defence entities which build and develop weapons, technology, communications systems and other hardware, and provide services like insurance and transport.

The space station has shared a bird’s eye view of Aotearoa without (mostly) its long white cloud.

Is it gorse or cows that are boosting nitrogen levels in Te Waikoropupū Springs? Week three of the Environment Court hearing in Nelson begins.

It rates itself as one of the sunniest spots around, but Marlborough last month received nearly 35% of its average annual rainfall - the most its ever had since records began.

The battle over whether ironsand can be mined off the coast of South Taranaki will now involve an Australian gold and silver mining company.

It was an unusual job advert calling for non-PC applicants without a "whole tribe of parasites" - and it garnered some serious applicants.

People have been advised against gathering or eating any of the pāua but many continue to ignore the warnings.

An Invercargill mayoral candidate, who has only lived in the city for a matter of months, believes his online following will be a huge advantage come election time.