Black Sticks trail India 1-0 in bronze medal match, women's cycling road race going to the wire and White Ferns bowling first in bronze medal match against England.

The sight of All Black Damian McKenzie missing vital penalties for Waikato added to the drama in the first round of the NPC.

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

When Ross Gumbley co-wrote the play Flagons and Foxtrots he just wanted to keep his theatre in business.

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.

Tokomanawa Queens show their Tauihi title credentials, winning both games over weekend, including handing unbeaten Kāhu first loss.

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.

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.

Amelia James has gone missing from her Far North home.

Pop culture fans at Manawatū Armageddon expo find a cosplay cure for the coronavirus blues.

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

They won just two of 17 games last season, but Taranaki Airs will head to NBL finals as top seeds, completing stunning turnaround.

The first-time Timaru local body election candidate believes her community involvement and business-owner experience means she’ll “add real value” if given a seat at the council table.

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’.

Hundreds of children had a taste of different sports at the Tararua seven-a-side multisport.

We answer the big questions from the defeat in Mbombela, including whether the All Blacks have made any progress as their coach claims.

The young Auckland girl was a Baradene College student.

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