It will take a while for the South Taranaki town of Hāwera to recover from the “ripple effect” of Monday's alleged double murder, residents say.

Wanaka man Paul Cosgrove was one of the patients struggled to access a colonoscopy because of what the Southern DHB called “lapses and inadequacies in colonoscopy services over the past several years.” He just doesn't want anyone else to go throu...

Rotorua Mayor promises to 'advocate and lobby at every opportunity' over housing shortages.

A second woman has been charged with the murder of Rau Tongia.

A rural hotel owner offering a 10 per cent discount to diners using the Covid Tracer app says he hopes businesses around NZ will "jump on the bandwagon" too.

Porirua business owner doesn't regret the 'somewhat tongue-in-cheek' wording, despite ad being roasted by parents on Facebook.

Greenpeace claims NZ will be pushing for less seamount protection, and more deep-sea trawling on them, at an upcoming inter-Governmental meeting.

Man who filmed 14-year-old girl through bathroom window says ridicule, not sexual interest, was the motive.

As the popular promotion comes to an end, some knives have been found to have black spots on the blades.

The quick action of a Christchurch health worker prevented a wider Covid-19 outbreak in the city late last year, according to information in a new report.

Emergency services were called to a rural property near Alexandra on Friday afternoon.

A 78-year-old man suffered a broken nose and a suspected fractured eye socket and broken wrist in a fall from his hospital bed – the fifth fall within two weeks.

It would be 'a real shame' if action needed against passengers not wearing masks, the health minister says.

Young attendees of the popular Raglan music festival waited hours in line to get to the entry gate.

When he read a Christchurch boy was selling a $5 note on Trade Me, Mark Gluyas bid $1000 in memory of his wife who he lost to cancer in October.

Reactions mixed to government plan for DHBs to have water fluoridation responsibility.

A new, purpose built fire station will be built on the corner of the Moutere Highway and Redwood Rd.

More ships divert to other centres to skip city's port congestion.

China is rolling out a state-backed film praising Wuhan ahead of the anniversary of the 76-day lockdown in the central city where the coronavirus was first detected.

Southland manufacturers are among many nationwide struggling to get supplies into the country in a timely fashion so production can continue.