A major building product manufacturer never tested its product before selling it, a class action lawsuit is alleging.

Wellington's wagging goodbye to plastic registration tags for dogs in a bid to cut down on waste.

Whānau in transitional housing at Auckland's Te Puea Marae say the government needs to build more affordable homes faster.

A man had a huge delay in being diagnosed with throat cancer in Auckland, having to wait months before being seen properly.

First-home buyers' share of the property market has fallen to its lowest level in three years, but there is a suggestion moves to cool the market should lift their involvement.

A man in his late 80s who ran 10km a week had to have his leg amputated after an ambulance failed to take him to hospital.

The trades industry is getting a shake up thanks to a new project working to get more Pasifika and Māori women to pick up the tools.

A man who died in custody at the Hāwera Police Station last year would have survived if he had got medical attention sooner, the High Court at New Plymouth has been told today.

The four people injured in a supermarket stabbing in Dunedin last week have thanked the public for their support.

Two rare seabirds have been released back into the wild after being found in a sorry state near two inland King Country towns.

The difference between the number of people moving to New Zealand and the number of people leaving dropped by more than 85,000 in the year to the end of March, 2021.

Police have named the man who died while diving off the coast of Māhia as 21-year-old Jason Rangi Paul from Nūhaka.

Voices - The Auckland Writers Festival theatre was packed out with people wanting to hear the award-winning Kurdish-Iranian writer's story and views.

Fire and Emergency said the tornado had damaged some buildings and caused trampolines to fly around.

Five new cases of Covid-19 are being reported in managed isolation and quarantine facilities today.

An emotional seven-month circumnavigation of New Zealand is over for American solo sailor Elana Connor, who sailed into Auckland yesterday, accompanied by yachts and waka.

Solo mothers on the benefit say they need more help in this week's Budget, as they continue to struggle from week to week.

Hundreds of foreign investors are expected to arrive in New Zealand in coming months as a result of new border exemptions allowing wealthy investors linked to two government programmes to visit.