The incident began Sunday afternoon after police responded to reports of a man allegedly armed with a gun in Papatoetoe.

Follow live coverage of the pinnacle of the NRL season, as the Eels look to end a long title drought against the dominant Panthers.

The woman Wayde Moore was charged with suffocating says she does not think the broadcaster is taking the situation seriously enough.

Former Black Ferns' sevens star's Eels side lose to Newcastle Knights in NRL women's final.

A bountiful garden is used in many different ways by this creative couple

Timaru District mayor admits communication failure about major jump in rural water scheme's rates was a “massive stuff up”.

The latest show at a Christchurch gallery features a Pasifika reinterpretation of Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper called The Last Kai.

Like for most of the season Kalle Rovanperä showed he had more pace than anyone else as he won Rally NZ and the WRC championship on Sunday.

Breakers deliver gritty showing in ANBL opener, pushing Melbourne United all the way before losing in overtime.

All Blacks hooker Asafo Aumua scored four tries for Wellington in their massive win over Counties-Manukau - but Canterbury are the team to beat.

New Plymouth's young musical, dance and theatre talent was on full display at the TSB Showplace on Saturday.

Sardinia is technically an Italian territory, but with its own language, culture, and flag, it understandably regards itself as something other.

The latest event in long-running litigation surrounding one of New Zealand's most polluted lakes fails to hit the mark.

Petros Chakwizra, who spent more than two years in prison for sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl, cannot post anything on social media without prior approval.

Videos online show hundreds of people shuffling out the main doors and milling around the front as the fire alarm blares.

A Southland District mayoral candidate, concerned voting papers may not be counted in time, says all council offices must be opened up this week.

It was meant to be their first time on a boat across Cook Strait in five decades. But a series of Interislander problems put an end to that.

The crowd for the "catch-up" 147th Temuka-Geraldine A&P Show was "better than expected".

Laurie Sayers, 16, who used his walking frame to take part in soccer and running and a wheelchair to play basketball, said he didn't often get to take part in team sports.

Police are looking for 21-year-old Aimee-Jane Smith, who was last seen in the early hours of September 30.