Everyone on board managed to escape the aircraft, which crashed on a farm near Hamilton, before the fire took hold.

The woman was so frightened she couldn't remember at first how to use her phone to call for help.

A person has died after the van they were driving collided with a truck on State Highway 6 in Marlborough.

Propellor Property founder Nikki Connors says the application is 'heavy-handed' and an agreement has been reached with the tax department.

An open letter calling for the immediate resignation of current Fletcher Building's chairperson was signed by Simplicity and the New Zealand Shareholders Association.

Shifting the Wellington premier women’s grand final to the new public holiday at late notice has gone down like an eye gouge in a rolling maul.

A spate of brazen break-ins by a thief using a "devious" method is leaving Mount Maunganui store owners devastated.

"This is what it's come down to", Donald Ineson told his wife Joanne as he pointed his shotgun at her, an inquest heard. Not long after, he was killed by police.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has detailed plans for her third “reconnecting New Zealand” diplomatic mission.

Trackers showed cats roaming tens of kilometres over alpine areas, crossing bridges, and sometimes even the Main Divide.

Bob Carter said, because an invalid warrant of fitness, he and his wife have been driving in an unsafe car for six months.

Roadworks on SH1 near Whangārei have rumbled on for three years. Now a newly laid motorway surface is faulty and won't be replaced until spring.

At least 25 crashes have been recorded at the site since 2000, according to Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, including two serious crashes and one fatal.

Matariki is more than a holiday, it’s a springboard for discussing who we are as a nation and what we value.

More people than usual are ending up in hospital after showing up at the city's ED, reflecting a level of "unprecedented stress" on the health system across the country.

A woman challenged a decision to cancel her New Zealand passport after claims she wanted to 'facilitate' terrorist acts.

Three people have suffered burns in a house fire at Tītahi Bay which has left a block of units at high risk of collapse, a senior firefighter says.

An Auckland man is having to start his car with a screwdriver, after it was used in Thursday's brazen robbery of Takapuna Michael Hill.

About 6000 people who had Covid-19 recently were sent a text over the weekend saying they had tested positive and needed to isolate.

A top Tainui negotiator and a man whose name is synonymous with the NZ dairy industry will be inducted into the Waikato Chamber of Commerce Hall of Fame.