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?

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 ...

"Unseasonal" weather and serious avalanche incidents have led the NZ Mountain Safety Council to encourage "extreme caution" for those heading into Southern Lakes back country this weekend.

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

A wave of air raids hit Beirut's southern suburbs early on Saturday as Israel stepped up attacks on Hezbollah A crowd estimated at up to 35,000 heard speakers slam government misinformation and tell ...

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 ...

The Catholic Church has apologised again to survivors of abuse in its care, accepting most of the Royal Commission's findings but not fully accepting several others.