Carter Andrew, 18, halted a coal train by climbing on its carriage after the Government called the issue of climate change an “emergency”, his lawyer says.

Police found $38 million worth of cocaine at an address in New Lynn, alleged to have been extracted from a boiler recently imported from Ecuador.

Atonio Finau, 65, hasn't been seen since November 16, 2021, when he got off a bus and waved at the driver.

The Labour Government and the National Party have reached an agreement to change electoral law, making it easier for Māori to choose which roll to join.

The environment minister says the new laws will cut red tape and speed up the time it takes for new homes and infrastructure projects to be approved.

The Sandspit Rd School pupil has been missing in Auckland's Manukau Harbour after a fatal boat capsize.

Emma Nelson, aka Pandora Electra, stabbed three people in a frenzied assault inside a Cambridge restaurant.

The institute’s House Price Index (HPI), which measures the changing value of residential property nationwide, showed an annual decrease of 10.9%, the largest drop since the institute's records began.

Anaru Moana disappeared shortly before Christmas last year from Waimate. Police allege he was killed by two men, but his body is yet to be found.

The forensic investigation of digital devices carried out by police has uncovered the source of the threat – a student at the school.

A school counsellor has been labelled transphobic for her “harmful” views on the Ministry of Education curriculum, which she claimed was “deliberately teaching lies to little ones” about gender.

New information has re-focused interest on a man who was at the Lake Wakatipu house with the family but who gave inconsistent information to police.

But construction of the new road is on track to start in 2025.

Emergency services were called to the intersection of Brougham and Gasson streets in Sydenham just after 7pm following reports of a serious crash.

Restoring the Waiwhakaiho River, zero waste gigs, wool water filters and stopping the decline in kiwi numbers are among the achievements of this year’s winners.

A person has been airlifted to hospital with moderate to serious injuries after a vehicle crashed into the side of a building in Westport.

Only one other person stopped to check on the boy, says the woman who stopped to get him off the Hamilton road and find his caregivers.

Details are hazy about who stole 1300 litres of Abandoned Brewery's “weird and wonderful” beer, but the owners aren't drowning their sorrows.

The long-awaited $39.9m Hornby pool, library and service centre is the latest city council development facing cost increases and construction delays.

Ardern, who tested negative for Covid, spent the day in Vietnam promoting Fonterra and the Fifa Women's World Cup.