16-year-old Enilose Mounga had been happy during a family party, but broke up with her boyfriend during the evening. Hours later she was found dead.

Significant changes await the Government’s Three Waters reforms. But the Opposition says these changes won’t go far enough.

Police said the woman was wearing a white bikini when she entered the water at Waikuku Beach, North Canterbury, around 4pm on Friday.

The Cessna Skyhawk made an emergency landing on Thursday and was still there the next day.

The Belmont leaky home owned by one of the original Radio Hauraki pirates has been listed at the same time a sale made a year ago is due to be settled.

Phil Jamieson will be critical in the Christian community's "journey of change", a leader says.

Anjela Sharma lost her appeal at the High Court after a Nelson judge found her guilty of gross negligence against her clients.

A 52-year-old man has been charged with dangerous driving after an incident in a New World supermarket car park.

Police Minister Chris Hipkins says he will consider cracking down on the blank-firing handguns. A gun retailer thinks that's not the real problem.

After a court ruled a neglected girl should stay with her carers, the couple wants Oranga Tamariki to step back for her sake – “the only person who matters”.

It is understood police are investigating whether the teen took drugs before his death early on Friday morning.

Contractors will be out at first light to assess and repair damage after heavy rain hit the area on Friday.

Seoul High Court has approved the extradition of a woman believed to be the mother of two children whose bodies were found in suitcases in Auckland.

A lawyer and a salesman were crowned champion gumboot throwers at the NZ Agricultural Show, as a record number of people turned out for the final day.

Dozens of bystanders gathered in the nearby Pak'nSave car park as the blaze was extinguished.

VC winner Willie Apiata and head of the RSA Sir Wayne Shelford together read the ode of remembrance - Apiata in English and Shelford in te reo.

Laurie Foon might be Wellington’s biggest fan, but she’s such a big fan of everything that it’s hard to tell.

The Government says the Defence Force remains capable of respond to emergencies. But National says an urgent plan is needed to fix the problem.

Chief crewman Ernie Bryant has been pulling up the lost and injured for nearly three decades. Throw in an inflatable unicorn and he's pretty much seen it all.

Teddy Rosewarne's parents were told he was unlikely to make it, and if he did, he was never going to walk or talk. Three years on, he's still defying the odds.