Jacinda Ardern says NZ "stands shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine", and does not recognise Russia's "illegal attempts" to annex occupied areas.

As wastewater systems are under strain in Ōpōtiki, rain warnings are still in place - but the weather should ease overnight.

An 18-year-old has been arrested and charged after a stabbing in Invercargill on Friday night.

Aucklanders brave the rain to stand in solidarity with Iranian people, following the death of a woman arrested by the country’s ‘Morality Police’.

Two people were killed, and a third seriously injured, following a crash in Canterbury on Friday afternoon.

The leading Auckland mayoral candidate joked he'd put pictures of a prominent journalist in urinals.

It took ten months and a trip to the Tenancy Tribunal, but this renter was reunited with her favourite flatmate: Ody, a four-year-old tortoiseshell cat.

When a dairy farmworker made a $360,000 claim against his former employers, they had to spend $30,000 fighting the case with no means of getting anything back.

He's possibly NZ's most persistent candidate, running on issues from "inhumane" bus shelters to stopping "tingle rays". Why does Tubby Hansen do it?

From National MP Mark Mitchell to a concerned mother, concerns are being raised about the safety of shopping malls amid an increase in smash and grab raids

Police are remaining tight-lipped about the discovery of human remains at a small South Taranaki cemetery, a day after the cemetery was cordoned off.

With many areas in the South Island already suffering unseasonably chilly temperatures, a polar blast will bring with it even cooler climes.

Another player also won big in Auckland.

Drivers trapped at Newmarket's Westfield carpark complex waited hours before they were able to pull out thanks to heavy traffic.

Environment Southland's new chief executive takes respectful collaboration seriously. She's seen what happens in its absence.

Video shows firefighters at the scene attempting to control the blaze, which engulfed the vehicle.

Staying up all night to shoot netball goals may have earned six teams a Guinness World Record - while supporting a charity.

According to local media, the male accused was posted a "birthday" package alleged to contain cocaine, MDMA and methamphetamine.

What causes the notches on the edges of flax/harakeke leaves?

The killer, whose mother also served time for murder, tried to blame a child for causing injuries like those car crash victims suffer.