The man installed a security camera after a washing machine delivered to his home was stolen. But his problems were just beginning.

The flight from Auckland was unable to land in the capital because of wind shear - a sudden change in the speed or direction of wind.

Drops include popular two-year rate.

Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII met with PM Christopher Luxon and Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka on Monday.

The Serious Crash Unit had been advised of the death, police said.

Bougainville's vice president says the autonomous Papua New Guinea region is going full steam ahead with its political agenda to achieve independence.

It comes amid a measles outbreak in New Zealand, where 17 cases have been confirmed so far.

One of the two fuel suppliers in the Cook Islands is running out of diesel.

Former NZ star Shaun Johnson has called out the circumstances that led to Eliesa Katoa's frightening injury scare in Sunday's New Zealand vs Tonga Pacific Championships clash.

A round-up of news from around the region, including a conference on the future of Pacific labour mobility in the Solomon Islands.

Former staff of a Whangārei wildlife park have made a plea to see the remaining animals before they are euthanised.

Pets around the country are chilling out to RNZ's annual Guy Fawkes Night Concert for Animals.

Government ministers have confirmed they are considering measures to move homeless people out of Auckland's city centre - but the exact details remain unclear.

In more than a day, vaccinators at a pop-up at Manukau SuperClinic in Auckland had spoken to roughly 80 people about measles as part of nationwide Measles Immunisation Week campaign.

For the last three years, kidney patient Denis Gapper has made the tiring journey from Blenheim to Nelson three times a week for life-saving dialysis.