The National leader's first major speech to the party faithful took aim at the young and jobless, with a promised mixture of carrots and sticks.

The Christchurch City Council says it could not have predicted a 30 metre-tall tree would come crashing down across a busy road, destroying a parked car.

Five days before nominations for October’s council elections close, a political scientist is hoping more candidates put their names forward.

Amelia James has gone missing from her Far North home.

The young Auckland girl was a Baradene College student.

“It’s only a $100 sign, but it might save me thousands,” says Blenheim man after six months of searching.

Armed police investigated the incident and found a damaged window, which looked to be the result of a firearm.

Igor Anany loves his EV, but doesn't have a driveway or a garage big enough to charge it in.

On the first anniversary of the horror crash which killed five Timaru teenagers, a cross was installed at the site to remember the boys.

There are 606 people in hospital with Covid-19, 16 of whom are in intensive care, the Ministry of Health reports.

A woman was seriously hurt and has been taken to Middlemore Hospital following the attack in Auckland's Half Moon Bay.

Paul Kalin got a text from his daughter inviting him to watch her at work - in a helicopter winching personnel from the sea off New Plymouth.

Police took a "blinkered" approach to prosecuting Simon Greenwood, coming "perilously close" to acting in bad faith, judge says.

ANALYSIS: A focus on welfare reform might have been red meat for members, but it is a politically curious play.

Three hundred and sixty-five days after delighting a packed Pukekura Park with a thrilling win over Hawke’s Bay, the Taranaki rugby side delivered a damp squib on Sunday with a 13-11 loss to Northland.

Hardware store Mitre 10 Mega has come under fire for an advertisement for ‘ladies night’.

Police have made a public appeal for information as they try and solve the homicide of a young Taranaki man.

Snow and heavy rain is affecting multiple highways in the South Island, with more snow forecast in some places as a strong cold southeasterly moves up the country.

How did the Hilton family make their fortune?

Cause of fire that ended 24-hour stand-off on evacuated street still to be confirmed.