Rotorua residents were resoundingly against the use of motels as emergency housing at a hearing to decide whether to extend ...

The number of overcrowded households is on the rise according to Census data. More than 100,000 households or about one in 16 ...

Water testing has started in the settlement of Norsewood, in the hope a boil water notice can be lifted, Tararua District ...

Kāinga Ora has confirmed plans to axe a further 310 roles - slightly lower than the 321 it proposed in September. It takes ...

The four-page Treaty Principles Bill has been introduced and will be debated in Parliament next week. As with all bills, the text begins with an explanatory note, includes links to some of the advice ...

Two Napier schools were put into lockdown on Thursday afternoon after reports of a person with a weapon being seen nearby.

The Bank of New Zealand has sustained near record profits with increased lending and deposits, despite a slowing economy and ...

Atop the Beehive a lone national flag is tortured daily by Wellington's gales. We join its handlers up on the roof to chat, watching as its fraying edges whip the sky.

Vance, 40, was the first millennial on a major US party's presidential ticket and will become the third-youngest vice ...

No team received more than 50 percent of the votes, so there will be a run off election in two weeks time to elect the ...

Australia's infamous Olympic breakdancer Rachael 'Raygun' Gunn has announced her retirement from competition months after her ...

A large Canterbury solar farm is gearing up to increase the power output in the district, but it's also creating a massive jump in green waste. The solar farm in Lauriston, about 80km from ...