Tāmaki Makaurau is home to New Zealand's biggest Pacific population but many have "little interest" in voting in local elections.

Underground labyrinths and underrated food destinations are among the destinations that shine when the sun doesn't.

Two men were paid to salvage materials from a damaged boat. Instead they deliberately sank it in a protected area off Waiheke Island.

Scientists hunting a meteorite that landed near Dunedin say it could potentially weigh up to 30kg - but may have broken up into fragments.

OPINION: Removing more of gangs' ill-gotten gains is a year in the making. And labour is trying to make a virtue of it.

“I’m so sad that we’re about to start this game without Inga,” former Black Fern and 2022 reality show contender Melodie Robinson said.

Injury ended Duncan's chances of a fourth consecutive world title but her last four races have shown what might have been.

Two hoteliers brought a relocated historic home out of hibernation and gave it the kiss of life.

Some Winter Games finals are ditched because of wind and poor visibility, with the winners declared from earlier qualifying.

Tiktok's data-harvesting has sparked an investigation in Australia, but New Zealand won't follow suit. Instead, Tiktok users are warned to take care.

Council bosses need to do more to promote local body elections or face yet another low voter turnout, a political scientist warns.

An experienced Taranaki lawyer says cultural reports are giving information to the court that it is not getting from anywhere else.

The body was found in a car parked on River Rd near Havelock North.

There are no checks to make sure proviers are complying with safety standards, says the Office of Early Childhood Education.

The baby was rushed to hospital in a critical condition on Sunday morning after being found badly injured in West Auckland.

Speed limits on hundreds of streets and roads throughout the New Plymouth are about to change if the district council adopts its latest review recommendation on Tuesday.

The return of this cruise around the Hawaiian islands is cause for celebration.

The internet also compared Chalamet to a Batman villain, a Swiss stepmother and Mr Tumnus, while DiCaprio's new girlfriend didn't know him as Romeo.

After three weeks in an induced coma, Mike Bain had to be told what happened on his ride from Te Awamutu to Hamilton.

Cold winds bring a chance of low level snow in the south, and some heavy falls in the central North Island, while it's been raining heavily in Northland.