Hobonsonville Point and surrounding areas had their power suddenly turn off around 7.30pm.

All Blacks wing sits out Tuesday training in Johannesburg due to illness, leaving Ian Foster with a potential selection headache.

OPINION: Peaky Blinders fans, I feel your pain. We need to keep up the pressure on Netflix and others to let us Kiwis see our beloved programmes.

Auckland teenager Alex Blong has officially secured his Guinness World Record with a 101 carriage Lego train.

REVIEW: An evocative, atmospheric and sumptuous-looking triumph, it has set the bar high for the fantasy franchises to come over the next month.

Dion McFarland was found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity after he stabbed his father to death in November 2020.

Emergency services are at the scene of a crash involving a car and a pedestrian in the Auckland suburb of Conifer Grove.

Analysis: New MP's schoolboy behaviour 22 years ago was appalling, but National's management of the issue raises serious questions of the party's political judgement.

Two law and order bills passed their third reading at Parliament on Tuesday.

Stinging attack launched over squalid conditions for migrant horticulture workers who are living in cold, damp and overcrowded housing, and have been denied paid sick leave.

About 145 workers were locked out by Swedish owner Essity at the Kawerau site just after midday, the union says.

Wellington's next fine day is still five days away, with a passing southerly storm having already left a trail of debris and disarray.

Security worker Garry Curnow thought his managers were planning to oust him, so he started to covertly record conversations in the office. It didn’t quite go to plan.

Column: Rockstars of the beer world, Eddyline Brewery is walking the talk, having just won the coveted Golden Gumboots at the West Coast IPA Challenge.

Taranaki’s annual science fair is back for its 40th year and students from around the region have been showcasing their creations.

A Nelson bar owner is offering $500 tattoo vouchers to attract new staff as they struggle to fill vacancies.

The 'very complex' eruption was the first from the Te Maari Craters in 123 years, and punched holes in a hut 1.5km away.

Almost $12 million dollars was lost to pokie machines across South Canterbury in 2021, with Timaru machines earning more than double the district's median income on average.

Manawatū have made a number of changes from the loss to Canterbury on Friday night.

Opinion: The Final 6 has been found but picking the NBL winner is much more difficult, writes Justin Nelson.