Education Minister Erica Stanford says help is on the way for teenagers struggling to pass new NCEA maths, reading and writing tests. An earthquake at the top of the South Island has been felt by ...

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake at the top of the South Island has been felt by thousands of people this evening. Love Dog Squad? Can’t get enough of Shortland Street paramedics? Never missed Police Ten 7?

"Unseasonal" weather and serious avalanche incidents have led the NZ Mountain Safety Council to encourage "extreme caution" ...

Wellington Water's new chief executive says fixing recurring leaks is not a good use of money, with at least a break per day ...

The Catholic Church has apologised again to survivors of abuse in its care, accepting most of the Royal Commission's findings ...

The government has taken the last steps to reverse Labour's blanket speed-limit reductions, by signing off a new speed limit ...

Israel has rejected global calls for a ceasefire with Hezbollah, defying the US and pressing ahead with strikes that have ...

For decades, their cries went unheard, but in a moment of long-awaited justice, five brothers stood together as their “sadistic” father was finally sentenced for the historic abuse that scarred their ...

When tragedy strikes, police are the ones who run towards the danger and sometimes that means making the ultimate sacrifice, a senior Dunedin officer says. A Dunedin benefit fraudster forged documents ...

What they said then v. What they say now, and today's protest ...