A person is dead following a crash near Huntly – the first fatality on the roads this Easter break.

Father and son involved in police fracas among 10 arrested at mass gathering of boy racers in Christchurch.

A man has critical injuries after being shot in Waiau Pa, Franklin, on Sunday.

Firefighters extinguish Onehunga factory blaze after 80 staff and 20 trucks called into to help put fire out.

Parliament has become a "100 per cent toxic workplace" where staff feel bullied, belittled and intimidated.

An outbreak of typhoid fever has struck refugees detained by Australia on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island.

Police in Solomon Islands are concerned about inciteful comments online in the lead up to this week's prime ministerial election.

The Papua New Guinea MP, Davis Steven, who resigned as justice minister yesterday, says the country has to seriously rethink how it goes about government business.

A senior Samoa First Union organiser has accused some of the country's employers of failing to pay workers' contributions to the Samoa National Provident Fund.

A co-operation deal between the two main anti-independence blocs in New Caledonia has

A Christchurch residents group says the council needs to hold off on opening a new motorway extension until measures are in place to reduce the impact of extra traffic on its suburb.

Police are responding to a fatal crash on Hakarimata Road, Huntly.

Counties Manukau Police are investigating a firearms incident that occurred in Waiau Pa in South Auckland this afternoon.

The New Zealand Disability Support Network says it is thankful to ministers who stepped in to prevent sector-wide funding cuts.

A bakery has been ordered to pay more than $35,000 to a former employee who is now facing deportation over his criminal activities.

At least 207 dead and 450 injured in Sri Lanka after multiple bomb blasts, as PM Jacinda Ardern says NZ condemns the "devastating" violence.

Daniel Jones turned up as Luke Evans in rural New South Wales.

Not spending $40 to visit the doctor may have cost Anaru Turei Gray his life.

Here is a look at the country's long and troubled history marked by ethnic and religious divides.

Christchurch terror attack sparks "unprecedented" levels of online activity from white supremacists.