A Taranaki father who was found dead alongside his son in a South Taranaki home will be remembered as a kind man who was always laughing, his niece says.

The lucky player won big at Lotto's draw on Wednesday night.

Alexei Leandios Hodder was drunk when he cut down eight pōhutukawa, causing $40,000 worth of damage.

The man set up a backyard container home from an old shipping container and garden shed, and advertised it for $390 a week.

Health Minister Andrew Little says he is "concerned" about an annual mental health report that is two years behind schedule.

14-year-old Hugo Shaw from Cambridge was killed when he was hit by a truck on Tuesday afternoon.

The National Māori Pandemic group has said the protection of Māori will be at the centre of planning for the Covid-19 vaccine rollout.

South Auckland husband and wife repeatedly registered children as directors of companies to avoid tax

The bridge connects the venue to the city's town hall in Te Ngākau Civic Square.

Five people have been injured after a spill thought to have been caused by a forklift puncturing a container of nitric acid.

The jaws of life were used to free a man from a van after it veered off a state highway, jumped a stream and came to rest dangling on the other side.

The families of Ricky Barker and Andre Ahman, two teens who died in a 2017 car crash, are heartbroken after finding the memorial to the boys vandalised.

A Howick College student said NCEA results were uploaded to the school's online portal on Wednesday, ahead of NZQA's official Thursday release.

Ōpōtiki councillor says he'll take a complaint to Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon, after a newsletter was circulated criticising him for not speaking English.

When Genna Te Kahika didn't return after dropping her brother at work, her husband went searching for her wondering if she'd run out of petrol on the motorway.

Electric Avenue tickets have sold out with 25,000 people set to party in Christchurch next month, but organisers have issued a warning over worldwide ticket scalpers targetting the event.

Three people have been airlifted to hospital and three others injured following the crash in Pongakawa, Western Bay of Plenty.

The standard gives students studying Māori Performing Arts a 'front door' option for university entrance.

Auckland Transport has today rolled out the new electric buses that will run on the new Airport Link between Manukau and Auckland Airport.

Questions have been raised about whether Kiwis will have equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines, after study indicates Pfizer-BioNTech may be more protective than AstraZeneca.