Auckland police say they have caught three men with $2700 of shoplifted loot, after a sticky-fingered Boxing Day spree.

People are being warned away from the water at a popular Rotorua lake because of a potentially toxic algal bloom.

Breakers point guard Parker Jackson-Cartwright has been charged with grabbing, pushing or mishandling a game official in ...

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown is kicking up a stink after the city’s latest pool, affectionately known as “Browny’s Pool”, was ...

Opie Bosson, one of the greatest jockeys New Zealand has produced, has today announced his retirement from riding. Bosson, 44 ...

A person has been critically injured after a large brawl broke out in Ngāruawāhia. A police spokesperson said two locations ...

United States President Joe Biden and his incoming successor Donald Trump issued starkly contrasting Christmas messages on ...

Several vehicles have been damaged, and one passenger injured on an Interislander ferry crossing that left Wellington this ...

Smoke from a large scrub fire has closed a busy road on Auckland’s North Shore. Firefighters are battling the growing blaze ...

Walliams, who is in Auckland for his An Audience with David Walliams tour, sneaked into the Newstalk ZB studio on Friday ...

A lingering low-pressure system is bringing rain or showers to many parts of New Zealand, with thunderstorms, large swells ...

Heavy rainfall and gusty winds in northern Hawke’s Bay caused slips and debris on some roads and at least one power outage. A ...