The man installed a security camera after a washing machine delivered to his home was stolen. But his problems were just beginning.

The flight from Auckland was unable to land in the capital because of wind shear - a sudden change in the speed or direction of wind.

Drops include popular two-year rate.

Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII met with PM Christopher Luxon and Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka on Monday.

The Serious Crash Unit had been advised of the death, police said.

But Pacific-focussed policy work will be cut as the government seeks to reduce the size of the public sector, as the Ministry for Pacific Peoples will see a $2.8 million cut over four years.

In the bizarre international case, two Samoan men appeared on Vietnamese TV confessing to the murder of a Sydney gang leader in Ho Chi Minh City.

Public prosecutors say they will fight an appeal by Manu Samoa's former head coach, following his recent conviction for multiple sex offences.

The French territory's kava industry stakeholders are concerned at the increase of the price of the precious imported root, mainly from neighbouring Vanuatu.

Ni-Vanuatu man John Yalu was convicted of manslaughter in Cairns last week after the fatal backyard amputation of a 66-year-old Queensland man in exchange for NZ$6000 in 2022.

Rice bags filled with stones and reports of "very thin" women at a house have been presented to the jury in the kidnapping and manslaughter trial.

More than 4000 new jobs were added to NZ's total between March and April, but there's a warning that momentum might not last.

New Zealand musicians, artists and creatives have pulled out all the stops with their looks at the Aotearoa Music Awards in Tāmaki Makaurau.

Budget 2026 has nothing that will really make a difference for struggling families, the Salvation Army says.

Budget 2026 has locked in the removal of the policy that gave students their final year of tertiary education at no cost.