Diamond Kazimi says his borther and two sisters gave their all for New Zealand in Afghanistan but now they have been abandoned.

A partygoer who was assaulted at the Christchurch party an hour before the fatal stabbings called police, but officers did not attend.

Minority groups “pushing their own agenda” compromises speaker content, sponsor of "Aotearoa" retail event says.

The driver of the car which crashed near Timaru killing five teens, on August 7, has been released from hospital.

Possible sources include a late St Patrick’s Day prank, anti-freeze and plumber’s dye for the neon green dye that excited children dunked their hands in.

A young woman whose midwife didn't pick up on her pre-eclampsia says she hopes "no other ‘hapū māmā’ ... will ever have to experience what we have".

A pair of neighbours secured double their combined CV by selling one of the last undeveloped sections on the block.

Random stranger assaults backpacker after wandering in off the street and losing it at the movie they were quietly watching.

Hypothermia became a concern as the schoolboy was made to wait on a cold, wet rugby field for an hour and a half with an injured neck, his coach says.

More than 1400 lightning strikes were recorded in just two hours as severe weather battered parts of the lower South Island on Monday.

A 27-year-old who offered a cop $200 to let him off drink-driving was convicted of perverting the course of justice, and will now be deported.

Groundswell NZ starts a new round of protest action this Friday - and wants people to toot in support of their campaign against Government regulations.

There are five new cases of Covid-19 in managed isolation, the Ministry of Health announced in an update on Monday.

A company fined for underpaying migrant workers may be stripped of its liquor licences and the majority shareholder’s manager's certificate.

An email sent by Invercargill Mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt was accessed by the council’s chief executive and used against him at a behind closed doors meeting.

Bariz Shah and Saba Afrasyabi previously helped 51 Afghans establish businesses to honour the victims of the Christchurch mosque attack.

Former Highlander and current Southland Stag Marty Banks says he is “100 percent remorseful” following a drink-driving conviction.

Christchurch risks losing millions of dollars in income after the Government’s refusal of MIQ spots for yacht-racing crews put the SailGP event in jeopardy.

The trial for a pair accused of making and supplying methamphetamine began in the New Plymouth District Court on Monday.

Southlanders are worried that cancer care hasn’t made it onto the Ministry of Health's new list of priorities but Andrew Little says Government takes cancer seriously.