A former Gloriavale member killed in a farm motorbike crash was seen standing on the bike’s seat and holding the handlebars before falling onto the road.

One person is dead and three people have been injured in a crash between a ute and a motorcycle in rural Otago.

The case is a man who traveled from Egypt, via MIQ in Auckland, to Rarotonga.

A fight over noisy roosters led a council to record one feathered offender producing 40 early morning crows in a 10-minute period.

A Christchurch woman was lucky to avoid a possible serious crash when the steering arm of her second-hand vehicle broke while she was driving it.

Heavy rain is expected for the Northland and the Coromandel while severe gales could whip through parts of the far north as a front makes its way up the country.

Police say they have been catching 'unfortunate' numbers of drink-drivers in blitzes around the country.

Canterbury students are among the recovery crews helping those affected by the heavy rain and flooding that caused destruction in many parts of the region last week.

Drivers will need to take-care in the area, but four lanes have been re-opened

Stuff investigates the murky world of homegrown black market tobacco in Auckland.

The country has only a few weeks' supply of the Covid-19 vaccine remaining, and future shipments will need to be much larger.

It took seven months for wheelchair-user Erin Gough to find a suitably accessible home to live in. Her experience isn't unusual.

The crash happened near the intersection of Alford St and Great North Rd in Waterview, in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Two weeks ago, Catherine was shocked to discover she had bowel cancer. She was further devastated this week to be told her surgery was cancelled.

The player won both the Powerball and Lotto First Division on Saturday night.

Emergency alert sent out advising people within 1km of Parker St, Papakura, to close their doors and windows to protect against the toxic smoke.

The deaths of four people travelling to the annual New Zealand Gold Guitar Awards left everyone “shocked”, the festival's organiser says.

Schools will need to start providing numbers of daily leftover school lunches, after it was revealed thousands were leaving schools untouched.

A 26-year-old will appear in the Hastings District Court on Monday

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