Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says it may not be possible to repatriate the body of Corporal Dominic Abelen, who was killed fighting in Ukraine.

Three New Zealand judges have been branded “very biased” by the Kiribati government, after a dramatic attempt to deport a fellow judge failed.

The man was critically injured at a Mt Eden worksite and was rushed to hospital but has since died.

A Waikato couple are calling for police to have stronger powers in the wake of a nightmare drive home at the weekend.

A New Plymouth mother grabbed her two kids and fled her home after a toaster that was cooking hash browns caught fire and set her kitchen ablaze.

The Auditor-General criticised the process for the payments, saying officials may never know how many people were wrongly paid.

A Nelson man's terminal cancer diagnosis may have been preventable had he received a follow-up appointment.

Family of the boy and girl said publishing their names would “make too much media gossip”.

The musician says he was in "no state" to agree to sex, but the accused's lawyer says he showed no sign he didn't consent.

Residents living on a busy state highway near Levin are relieved it is safe again to turn into their properties as roadside barriers are moved.

Vandals have defaced Māori language signs that were recently installed on and around Mauao in Mt Maunganui, Tauranga.

The expelled Labour MP has proved he has no intention of going quietly into the night.

Yvette Swartz claimed she was "terrible at paperwork", but a judge found her defrauding of an English teaching organisation she led was "deliberate deception".

A freak accident saw a Tapawera man trapped under a two-tonne boulder for more than eight hours. Some quick thinking and ingenuity from his rescuers saved his life.

Primary health nurses who keep patients out of over-stretched hospitals are voting with their feet and leaving for Australia as their pay lags behind their hospital colleagues.

Police foil a third burglary attempt on a yellow-stickered house early Monday morning, with the would-be thieves attempting to flee the scene.

The notice will remain until the council receives three clear consecutive test results.

He broke Covid-19 rules. Now a barber who plans to sue the Government for his and other businesses infringements is standing to be mayor of Ashburton.

Taranaki man Ian Lehndorf was caught drink-driving three times in as many months, when he wasn't even supposed to be behind the wheel.

Defence lawyers say a key witness into the death of Kane Wayman is unreliable, pointing to a criminal history, drug and alcohol use, and lies to police.