National's finance spokesperson says homeowners are in for a "pummelling".

Police found Tamal Edward McMeekan, 41, sitting in the passenger seat of a car with almost 3kg of meth in a cardboard box at his feet.

The student says they were assaulted by a teacher aide in class, but aide's lawyer suggests actions were self-defence.

Some of the rammings were done by youths, too young to hold a driver's licence, trying to evade police.

Unionised staff at Oranga Tamariki voted “overwhelmingly” in favour of striking in protest at low wages.

Twelve cases of hepatitis A have popped up right across NZ linked to imported frozen berry consumption. Here's what you need to look out for.

The university threatened to suspend striking staff for two weeks without pay.

Three years and more than 1000 streets later, Julie Woods has one final hurdle before she can claim having walked every street in Dunedin.

Motorists can expect severe delays southbound on the Southern Motorway in Auckland after an oversized truck crashed into the Penrose Road overbridge.

Yikun Zhang has been found guilty of obtaining by deception over $100k donated to the National Party – but who is he and what's his connection to politics?

Police were conducting an undercover traffic operation at an Auckland intersection - where an officer was dressed as a car window washer - while looking for people using phones or running red lights.

Radio DJs were concerned about how new owners might fit with 'liberal' station.

Residents in Queenstown, Wanaka and Dunedin have reported heavy snowfall, while Christchurch has seen thunder, rain, hail and what looks like snow.

St John transported a patient in a critical condition to Whangārei Hospital.

A second cold front brought more wild weather to the lower South Island on Wednesday evening.

When voting closes on October 8, there will only be one disappointed candidate in Taranaki's smallest district. That's because almost all are being elected unopposed.

The current outbreak of hepatitis A could result in a strengthening of the testing regime for imported frozen berries, according to New Zealand Food Safety.

Authorities are scrambling to find a long-term solution to Mangamuka Gorge, south of Kaitāia, after the road was indefinitely closed by slips.

Wednesday's polar blast has brought the rare phenomenon, thundersnow, to parts of the South Island.

His sex act in a neighbour's house was caught on a pet cam. A judge has granted his application for a discharge without conviction and permanent name suppression.