One in three New Zealanders feel unsafe on public transport and 9 percent feel unsafe in their own home, according to a new report from Research New Zealand.

Tauranga City Council is still trying to recover millions of dollars spent on a failed car park after selling its prime central city site for $1.

An increase in people going to Waikato Hospital's emergency department has prompted a reminder to the public to stay away unless it is a real emergency.

A global review suggests companies make big promises about herbal weight loss supplements, but little weight is actually lost.

A young up and coming Tongan fighter who trained with UFC champion Israel Adesanya has died after he was punched from behind in central Auckland last weekend.

Multiple people have been injured - at least two seriously - after reportedly being assaulted by gang members outside a bar in Rotorua.

The Awakino Tunnel connecting Waikato and Taranaki, through which traffic has passed for almost 100 years, is about to close.

There have been six new cases of Covid-19 reported in managed isolation facilities since Friday, with no new cases found in the community.

Bad weather is preventing checks to see if diesel is leaking from a sunken launch near Whitianga, says Waikato Regional Council.

The Defence Force is looking to add to its fleet of about 60 drones.

The North Canterbury community is in shock over a blaze that destroyed of an historic hotel.

Churches are being credited with playing a key part in encouraging more Pasifika people to be vaccinated against Covid-19.

Patients on elective surgery waiting lists in Waikato can expect more delays the longer a cyber attack on the region's public hospitals takes to resolve.

Police have launched a homicide investigation after one person died in South Auckland in the early hours of this morning.

Three crew members from a Chinese-owned Fiji-flagged fishing vessel are being questioned by police after an alleged beheading at sea.

Waikato District Health Board says it believes it can get its computer system back up and running without having to pay a ransom after cyber hackers got into the system on Tuesday.

The government is being accused of dismissing major funding issues for some community organisations that support people experiencing hardship, but the increase in benefits is being welcomed.

The owner of two missing dogs is relieved they have been found but shocked at the state their ordeal has left them in.