US-based Eden Baker spent two weeks in managed isolation in Australia in order to spend a single day with her mother and grandmother in Christchurch.

The attack left three people with critical injuries. A man is being held in custody.

Wuti William Waa argued the jury in his murder trial three decades ago were misdirected by a jailhouse informant.

Patience is wearing thin for some of the more than 20 families without a home after the horrific floods in Napier in November.

The All Blacks and Highlanders loose forward is alleged to have been involved in an assault at a popular Dunedin pub early on Sunday morning.

GRAPHIC CONTENT: Tyrone Marks, 60, was put in state care at 8 years old and says the abuse is tattooed through him.

The shark had stab wounds to its head and was missing its lower half, leading experts to believe someone had taken it for its meat.

Friends of Auckland's historic St David's Church want to turn the building into a music centre.

Christchurch will go from a high of 25C on Tuesday to a high of 11C, thanks to a cold front moving up the country.

The first-term city councillor will leave his role in June, triggering a $65,000 by-election. He hopes constituents understand his decision.

An international roading expert says lowering the speed limit on one of New Zealand’s most dangerous highways will have huge safety benefits.

One of the parcels delivered was found to contain a 'highly dangerous' meth substitute which may be circulating in Wellington.

Temperature records were broken for a second day in a row on Monday, and more could fall on Tuesday.

The upgrades will include a floating staircase and a remaking of the track to the summit.

A Taranaki gang member who assaulted his partner, and was then involved in further crime while on bail, has been jailed.

One person has been transported to hospital and the road has now reopened.

“A lady was freaking out telling everyone to run,” says witness of “random” attack that PM believes is not terror-related.

Uthai Phonphong was killed in the crash which happened at 11pm on January 17.

A 20-year-old man is due to appear in court in relation to the fire that would likely see Countdown WestCity closed until next week.

When they've been forced to be a part for so long, every family crossing the Tasman has a story.