Taking a break doesn't just feel good, it's been shown to benefit your health. A 2017 meta-analysis of 86 studies revealed ...

Hawke's Bay officials are preparing for possible flooding with heavy rain expected for Boxing Day. MetService forecasters ...

Whether you're recovering from a food coma or a slight festive hangover, you'll find plenty of reasons to stay on the couch ...

A passenger plane crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday and initial reports suggested there were ...

A child has died after being struck by a vehicle in a driveway in Masterton. Police said a crash occurred on Atkinson Street ...

Dixon Handshaw thought he was an only child for most of his life. But decades after being adopted, the 75-year-old learned he ...

A Dunedin man with a learning disability is spending Christmas Day cooped up inside a motel, as the date to move back into ...

Volunteers are grappling with environmental havoc across more than 56 kilometres of coastline after at least 3700 tons of ...

The King will deliver his annual Christmas message from a former hospital chapel. New Zealand is the first country in the ...

The council is working on a blueprint for the future housing needs of the growing city, which will help guide plans for areas ...

Dan Slevin reviews three new films arriving in cinemas for the summer holidays. Mufasa: The Lion King is a prequel about the ...

A dozen inmates at Waikeria Prison in Waikato will be charged with misconduct, after being found to have consumed homebrew on ...