'Unless the Government wants house prices to fall 30 per cent to 40 per cent, it doesn't want affordability.'

Tens of thousands of foreign licence holders could have brought licensing system to breaking point, before an exemption was granted.

A former Gloriavale resident has denied sexually abusing multiple children in the isolated Christian community as a youth.

Once exported to be turned into fashion garments, pelts are now being dumped in landfills.

A gang member seriously injured in a double shooting earlier this year has pleaded not guilty to firearms charges.

The parcels contained clothing, perfume and electronics and were stolen over a five-month period.

He was having a bad day already when a tree branch fell on him, but one man's decision to reach for the chainsaw only made it worse.

Those priced out of the housing market are likely to stay there after today's Government announcement, say economists, academics and advocates.

But Darryn Horton alleged the woman who leapt out of his car in Tokoroa was an unreliable witness. The Court of Appeal disagreed.

Convicted killer Jarrod Mangels will not be allowed to travel south of the Rakaia River after he is released from jail, but his victim’s family believe he is “still a risk to society”.

Treasury warned Government rents could rise as a result of its major housing package, and suggested a far tougher extension of the bright-line test was better.

Insects, Churchill and Coldplay. The strange history of daylight saving time and how life would change if it was year-round.

One person has died after fleeing police and crashing on State Highway 1 near Levin.

Local reports of a stabbing in South Dunedin, police responding.

Climate change has long been dismissed as a significant stress to New Zealand's native wildlife, but research shows it exacerbates existing threats such as introduced predators and habitat loss.

Nearly a dozen fire crews are responding to a large 'well involved' blaze at a commercial building in Tūākau.

The West Coast Regional Council is warning Coasters to watch out for a nasty new coastal weed that can cause temporary blindness.

CCTV showed the worker restrained a young person by the head and neck after being headbutted by them.

A Queen's Counsel in a murder trial questioned a detective about why police had not seized a phone that she believed had a very important piece of information on it.

Former Prime Ministers John Key and Helen Clark together released a kiwi called Ardern into the wild to mark the announcement of a new endowment fund.