Officers were called to an address on Te Arawi St at 8:17pm on Friday, where they found three people hurt. One of them has serious injuries.

Police expect King St to be closed for some time after one car crashed, leaving two people with critical injuries.

The rider will be flown to Christchurch Hospital from Westport, Police say.

Holidaymakers have left Auckland, with congestion looking all but clear by 8.30pm on Friday.

The 19-year-old man was arrested in Flaxmere and has since been charged.

Police say if you're headed for Paihia, take SH1 at Kawakawa to avoid the crash site.

It's Eunique Ikiua's first professionally recorded track, and she's made sure to include a verse in her mother tongue.

A church on Auckland's North Shore is warning members to be careful after a doomsday cult approached churchgoers.

Picking up four shots inside the last four holes, Lydia Ko was flying like an eagle.

On the eve of the tournament draw in Auckland, a pōwhiri was held to welcome invited guests and dignitaries to New Zealand, including Fifa's president.

REVIEW: Fans are invited to sit by Taylor’s bedside, as she spills a whispery confessional over a synth-pop track, or join her on the neon-light dappled dance floor as she plots her revenge.

A Canterbury wildlife watchdog is “fed up” with the number of vehicles ignoring warning signs and driving carelessly around vulnerable native bird colonies.

The four day match could have gone either way until the final ball, where the No.11 hit the winning runs.

Middlemore staff believe losing teaching accreditation may be the only way to force change at the “unsafe” hospital.

It's taken five years and hundreds of volunteer hours, but now a 141-year-old piece of Christchurch history has been restored to its former glory.

The OECD findings on the pay gap in Aotearoa are inaccurate and must be addressed, the equal employment opportunities' commissioner says.

The Nelson Arts Festival is celebrating the late Keri Hulme's contribution to storytelling, along with the achievements of seven other Māori women.

Opinion: Colonial excesses throughout the Pacific make for sobering historical research, writes Gerard Hindmarsh.

A security guard punched in the head, a son bashed for his shoes and children shoplifting from stores - retailers have had enough and want authorities to take action.

Survivors of abuse have the last say at the final day of hearings for The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care