A soldier has avoided prison after pleading guilty to using, supplying and procuring MDMA.

The boy, who has a "fascination" with water but cannot swim, was rescued about 100 metres off the beach.

Campers parked near the van didn't "hear or smell anything" before it just "blew up".

The upgraded free trade agreement deal is inked, offering some New Zealand goods faster access to Chinese markets and a reduction in tariffs for paper and wood products.

A new cycleway planned for Christchurch’s northwest is "excessive and over-engineered" critics say, but others say it will improve the safety of cyclists and benefit motorists.

The pair are alleged to have fraudulently deposited more than $740,000 into a NZ First Foundation account.

Tai Tokerau Border Control intends to set up checkpoints across the Far North to protect old people and vulnerable Māori.

Police are investigating after the body of 19-year-old Tallulah Belle Roberts was found in a pool at a house in Avonhead.

In a speech, National leader Judith Collins said political parties must work together to fix the "out of control" housing market and that New Zealand's vaccine plan is "not good enough".

Wellingtonians are jumping at "affordable" rentals of $750 per week for three bedrooms.

Iwi and hapū in the Far North are calling for additional resources to speed up Covid-19 testing, and for basic amenities like toilets to be available for those waiting.

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown has announced flights to Rarotonga won't be taking passengers until the weekend.

When a group of builders saw a fire was threatening a Christchurch home, they sprang into action.

Rangiora holds on to its top temperature record, but only by the skin of its teeth.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the Government could green-light a Covid-19 vaccine as soon as next week.

He was at a Northland attraction at the same time as a community case, but now his space centre can re-open.

A homeowner has praised firefighters after they stopped a wildfire in his North Canterbury village – just a metre from his home.

An education kaupapa Te Hurihanganui has launched in the Gore community, to have tough conversations about racism.

Sebastien Destremau has ended up as an unexpected visitor to New Zealand after he was forced to retire from a round-the-world yacht race.

First responders did CPR, but the person could not be revived.