Nearly 1000 people have opted out of the government's $350 cost of living payment, Inland Revenue says.

Fans ignored the rain for the chance to welcome one of the world's top hip hop artists to Auckland.

A World War Two veteran says sheer luck has kept him going to his 100th birthday today.

There has been another ferry service price hike for Waiheke Island residents.

The father of a 21-year-old Palmerston North Hospital mental health ward patient who died in a suspected suicide has opened an inquest into her death with an emotional plea for change.

A former Christchurch schoolboy who built an American porn empire has admitted he coerced young women - many as young as 18 - into performing in videos viewed over a billion times.

A large slip on one of the main routes into Wellington's CBD is disrupting traffic.

The tech giant is promising a faster response to road accidents under the deal with Auckland Transport.

Lower North Regional Commissioner Liz Hawthorn says staff responded immediately to contain the incident and are talking to the prisoners.

The Ministry of Health is reporting 5312 new Covid-19 cases in the community as well as a further 28 deaths with the virus.

Coastguard says the family of four whose boat became stuck on the Kaikōura coast over the weekend rescued themselves.

Storms and flooding driven by climate change are already causing massive damage in Aotearoa and will only becoming increasingly common. So how do we adapt?

Secondary school principals have told officials to rethink plans for offering online NCEA tests during the year.

A Whangārei company has been sentenced after a trailer came off its truck and hit a car behind, killing a nine-year-old girl.

Wallaby hunters are turning to helicopters, drones and thermal cameras in a bid to eradicate the pests from Otago.

A new report says that New Zealand needs to look harder at how its data is being handled offshore and regain some local control of cloud services.

Police have charged seven people and issued 150 infringement notices following a crackdown on boy racers in Whanganui at the weekend.

Wellington City Council's media manager says he may have been included because of a tongue-in-cheek comment made to local media.