All lanes are now open but there are significant traffic delays.

Police confirm one dead after Saturday afternoon crash south of Thames.

A citizens' assembly found direct recycled water, where wastewater is treated to a drinkable standard, should be Auckland's next water source.

The villa was considered a historical icon in Christchurch, but would've cost millions to renovate. Now nothing is left standing.

Styled on the UK's "roadmen" and Australia's "eshays", hoodrats have their own slang and commonly wear Nike trainers, black hoodies and bumbags across the shoulder.

New Zealand recruiters never discovered any of it, allowing Tim Boyd to work at a Government ministry and then become boss of a public company.

The person who bought a $23m Lotto ticket at Orewa Lotto Plus has not returned to the shop to check their ticket.

The collision has closed part of SH26 on the Hauraki Plains in Waikato as emergency services attend the scene.

The gesture is a custom of mourning, and among the people showing solidarity in Wellington was Ghahraman, who herself fled Iran and knows first hand the terror of the "morality police".

Police are investigating an incident in Ngāruawāhia which has left a person in hospital.

Drivers are being asked to delay their travel or avoid the area.

Local royalists are buzzing after sources close to the King suggested New Zealand and Australia could be on his first royal itinerary as monarch.

When it comes to local government, unification has proven a divisive issue.

Politicians and farmers went head-to-head on a Morrinsville sports field in honour of the late John Luxton.

ANALYSIS: Increasingly polarising at home, Ardern's star continues to shine brightly on the world stage.

In netball, the Sunshine Girls represent which country?

There are calls for Auckland to follow Wellington's lead and slash city-wide speed limits to 30kph after the deaths of two men.

Motorists were asked to avoid the area while the crash was cleared, which took about 90 minutes.

Host and former rugby league star James Graham’s openness and vulnerability about his situation is what really sells this excellent series.

A man is in hospital after he was knocked out in an altercation on Victoria St on Saturday morning.