The critically injured man had a badly swollen face and was covered in blood following the assault, a witness said.

Rain, thunderstorms, sunshine and warm weather are all expected over the coming week.

A liquor store owner involved in a long-running stoush has had his licence renewed, but neighbours are already planning an appeal.

Husband and wife Lewis and Alyssa Allen were near Whangārei when they heard a mayday call over the radio.

As New Zealand’s driving population ages, Age Concern Auckland is calling on families to intervene when elderly loved ones may no longer be safe on the roads.

Police remained at the scene conducting an examination and motorists were asked to avoid the area.

Police are seeking witnesses to an early morning hit-and-run in Auckland that left a pedestrian seriously injured.

Lost moggy Dion wandered onto a farm in Matamata, but his microchip said he was a long way from home. Oddly, he wasn't alone.

Southland iwi have met for the first time with officials trying to ensure the contaminated Tiwai Point aluminium smelter gets cleaned up.

The block, laid to signify the Southern Cross, comes with a constellation of issues that a councillor has described as an "embarrasment".

The latest release comes ahead of the trans-Tasman bubble opening.

A 7-year-old boy has been seriously injured after a bull jumped a fence and stomped on him in Woodbury near Geraldine on Sunday.

According to the International Narcotics Control Board, which recently issued its annual report, drug use among older adults is a 'hidden epidemic'.

Wairarapa and the Hutt would likely reach 20 degrees Celsius over the next couple of days, and the weather packs in for Wellington on Tuesday night.

New research by a university graduate could change the way premature babies are treated.

More than 1000 people flocked to New Plymouth’s Coastal Walkway on Sunday knowing full well they were going to have to have an extra-long, colourful shower afterwards.

Four people have been remanded in custody after police raided six Auckland properties in relation to a cannabis-growing operation.

One person has died after a car crashed into a power pole at the intersection of State Highway 4 and Alexandra Rd on Sunday.

He came armed with two trucks and a plan of attack and left with a pile of abandoned treasure after a Storage Wars-style auction, so here's to you Mr Robinson.

Immigrants whose families have been torn apart by boarder closures have called for the government to act.