A Geraldine rest home has evacuated 20 residents due to heavy rain and flooding.

Rubberneckers are making it difficult for emergency personnel dealing with significant flooding across South Canterbury.

More New Zealanders look set to receive a pay rise this year, but it’s unlikely to be as large as they’re hoping for.

Hororata golf course, newly-manicured and flood-protected, is one now big water feature after being inundated with flood waters.

There’s been hot-running headlines about trans-Tasman tensions and talk of friendship frosting over for months. And the rhetoric is getting harder to reconcile.

Officials searching for the remaining 89 people of 4626 travellers who arrived in NZ before Victoria went into lockdown.

The six-day riot effectively wrote off the 110-year-old facility, known to prisoners and staff as the Top Jail.

A Raglan home was gutted by fire on Saturday after its residents forgot to turn off an electric blanket before they went out.

The Ministry of Health abandoned an effort to secure all district health board computer systems, citing budget constraints.

Is a small West Coast honey company responsible for ensuring workers filling its jars are properly paid? It says not, others disagree.

A firefighter suffered steam burns in the aftermath of a fire that destroyed the Waipawa, Hawke's Bay Four Square.

Living in an award-winning home purpose-built for three generations means this Auckland family is never on top of one other.

Public flocks to Auckland trattoria after hearing of owner's battle to save it.

What it's like to experience New Zealand's three great rail journeys (with a ferry ride in between) in one epic trip.

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Police were called to two groups, some believed to be gang members, using furniture as weapons in a fight on Fort St, in Auckland's CBD on Saturday.

With heavy rain forecast until at least 11am on Monday, stopbanks are at risk of failing on rivers in the Waimakariri District and residents in affected areas must leave immediately.

About 300 households are without power in Canterbury, as residents living around Christchurch's rising Heathcote River keep a close eye on water levels.

As the Asian country sees its case numbers and death toll rise, lab tests discover a new version of the virus that might spread more easily.

A 4.2km earthquake at a depth of 31km shook parts of Hawkes Bay shortly before 6pm on Sunday.