A first-ever test of facial recognition on New Zealanders' faces has found no bias against Māori, but the technology still needed improving on one front, new results show. Facial recognition is known ...

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

In September, after a trial that captivated the country, retired eye surgeon Philip Polkinghorne was found not guilty of murdering his wife, Pauline Hanna. In September, after a trial ...

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

Tonight on, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Selwyn Manning & Nalini Baruch to discuss yesterday's US election result.

Today on the pre-panel producer Olivia Wilson joins Wallace Chapman & Jesse Mulligan to preview tonight's show.

A global effort to audit countries' responses to climate change found New Zealand has strong laws but could do better.

A horse owner - whose mare had to be put down due to catastrophic injuries caused by fireworks - says the private sale of fireworks must be banned. Remi, a 14-year-old retired race horse, became ...

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.

A new Christchurch NRL bid was officially launched on Thursday, with the Southern Orcas announcing its formal proposal to be awarded a licence as part of the competition's expansion plans. It comes in ...

A rāhui has been placed on part of the Whanganui River after a man was reported missing. Police were alerted just before 2.30pm on Thursday. The dive squad will be deployed on Friday to assist with ...

The last remaining member of the 28th Māori Battalion has been knighted by Governor General Dame Cindy Kiro this morning. The last surviving member of the 28th Māori Battalion has died at the age of ...