An aspirational test will not turn around achievement, one principal wrote. "It will merely increase collateral damage.”

One of the country's biggest race days with a sellout 15,000-strong Christchurch crowd is rescheduled for Monday after a horse slipped.

Police are working to identify the body, which was found early on Saturday morning.

After a slippery track meant most of the races were postponed, punters at Riccarton racecourse turned their eye to the fashion and festivities.

ANALYSIS: Yes, really, some depositors are getting a good return on their money.

Glen McLeod says he's done hours of work for a client who now won't pay.

When the Government announced a nationwide lockdown in March 2020, one doctor was not ecstatic. Ayesha Verrall wished we had a fire engine. We had a fire extinguisher.

After ignoring “repeated requests to surrender”, a man set a fire and had to be rescued, it's alleged.

Keith Bremner speaks for first time about his mentally ill son Ross, who stabbed him and killed three other people.

It's been a year since David Davan fell ill after drinking wine dropped in his mailbox. The weedkiller-spiked wine is thought to have caused his death.

The Pacific Ocean is unfathomable. You could fit all the land in the world into it - the Americas, China, Europe - and still not touch the sides. This story is about three men who sailed like their ancestors, and proved a very big point.

Members of the public are out on the Manukau Harbour on Saturday, looking for a 10-year-old still missing nearly a week after he went overboard.

The winning tickets were sold at Eden Superette & Lotto in Auckland and Pak N Save Riccarton in Christchurch.

The person died during the incident at Hinahina despite the efforts of bystanders.

One minute, two friends were enjoying a beer, the next they were trapped under a car that had come through the wall.

Health bosses have heard from those working on the frontlines about the problems the sector is facing as part of the first-ever health workforce dialogue.

Police confirm one person has died at the popular North Island beach spot.

True or false? Scorpions are closely related to spiders.

"Frequent" thunderstorms are forecast for Hawke’s Bay, Manawatū, Tararua and Wairarapa, with the possibility of downpours and "damaging" hail.

The incidents happened within minutes of each other, but police are yet to confirm if they are all linked.