Volunteer firefighter James Brett Harold at the banks of the Wainui River in Herbertville at 2am during the weekend's weather event. Video / James Brett Harold ...

Two Oranga Tamariki staff members were allegedly fired upon multiple times with an air rifle at a Whangārei home last Tuesday ...

The process continues as police try to ascertain the identity of a body found washed up on Mahanga Beach at Māhia on Saturday ...

Gisborne-East Coast bowlers gave their supporters plenty to smile about in their women’s Octagonal campaign at the weekend.

Wellington won a rain-affected women’s Octagonal bowls tournament in Gisborne at the weekend, then had more time to celebrate ...

A volunteer firefighter reported to have been seriously injured while fighting a liquor-store fire in central Wairoa on Sunday was discharged after a check-up at Wairoa Hospital. The firefighter ...

Physical inspection undertaken on site with geotechnical engineers, combined with a review of drone footage and remote cameras found there was no movement of the main slip site and the surrounding ...

In the weeks before Chinese New Year, Clyde Orchard’s packhouse is a hive of activity as rich, red cherries freshly picked from surrounding Central Otago orchards are brought in to be washed, packed ...

Kiwi driver Shane van Gisbergen has been wiped out of the Daytona 500 in a crash involving about 20 cars. Van Gisbergen had ...

The housing market remained stuck in the doldrums in January, according to new figures from the Real Estate Institute of New ...

A prominent fish statue south of Christchurch has been defaced as part of a Greenpeace protest targeting what the organisation claims is “environmental damage caused by the dairy industry”. Greenpeace ...

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown says he is horrified to see the Sir Michael Jones statue go up for sale outside Eden Park and ...