The New Zealand Geographic Board has announced the proposal to change the name of the Northland town Russell to its original ...

The Cook Islands government has declared a dengue fever outbreak in Rarotonga. In a statement on Friday (Thursday in the Cook Islands), the ...

This year’s Budget was pitched as prudent and responsible, not a lolly scramble. But from where we stand — alongside whānau struggling to ...

A fourth person has been charged more than a year after a woman was found dead, stuffed in a black rubbish bag, in Gulf Harbour north of ...

Labour leader Chris Hipkins says this year's Budget tells women they are "worth less than tax breaks for landlords, tobacco companies, Google ...

An increase in default KiwiSaver contribution rates announced in Thursday's Budget could leave KiwiSaver members more than $100,000 better off ...

Devices seized from Erin Patterson's home allegedly reveal frustration with her husband's family in the months before she served them a poisonous lunch. Cutting rehabilitation beds in the new Dunedin ...

Residents and officials alike voiced their frustration with the "untenable" financial pressures expected to arise from the government’s Local Water Done Well programme, at a public meeting in ...

New Zealand IndyCars driver Scott McLaughlin has walked away from a spectacular crash during pre-qualifying practice at Indy 500. The Team ...

Former US President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an "aggressive form" of prostate cancer that has metastasized to the bone, his office said in a statement. Biden, 82, was diagnosed on Friday ...

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Christchurch modular housing company Shape Construction has gone under owing more than $1 million to creditors and leaving homes unfinished. The company went into liquidation on May 2 with Brenton ...