A prisoner has had a conviction overturned for an assault committed after objecting to being transferred to a maximum-security unit. A devastating roof collapse at a popular nightclub in the capital ...

Clutha Mayor Bryan Cadogan says his wife slept with a weapon under her pillow "for several months" after he received death threats during the last local government elections. Fire and Emergency NZ has ...

A 15-year-old male has been arrested and charged with murder after the death of a man in Kawerau last month. The reduction in the number of colonoscopies outsourced to the private sector last year was ...

The Qualifications Authority says it is pushing ahead with the use of AI for exam-marking, while raising doubts about its misuse by school students. Customs have seized a total of 25kgs of illicit ...

Dunedin chef Sam Sinclair shares the perfect Easter lamb roast with all the trimmings, and a twist.

A Christchurch restaurant owner has been sentenced to home detention and fined $20,000 for selling food that was recalled due to unsafe levels of bacteria.

Dozens of people have died after a catastrophic roof collapse at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic. Opponents of a law change fear it will create a legal loophole allowing the use of AI to cut ...

A mother birthed her baby into chaos after health staff at a South Island hospital dismissed cultural wishes. A Dunedin man allegedly swung a piece of timber at two strangers, striking them in the ...

The Roxburgh Gorge Trail is to be completed after getting rid of "the clowns, the bullies and well-intentioned people" to reach a "balanced solution" which will eventually complete a Queenstown to ...

The Privileges Committee hearing was set after concerns were raised about the MPs' conduct during the first reading of the ...

A Samoan national has been sentenced to four years imprisonment after pleading guilty to 12 representative charges relating to a migrant exploitation scheme. A large fire in a Christchurch industrial ...

The death toll from Myanmar's devastating earthquake has surpassed 3000, with hundreds more missing. After intentionally ...