State tells owner of submerged car that her policy does not cover flood damage.

155 struggling families applied to a $6m council scheme to help them buy a home. Two years on, there is not a single success story.

Eleven people required rescue, including a man stuck in a shed since 10pm yesterday who was found in waist-deep water.

The man was rushed to hospital in Auckland after his condition deteriorated while he was in a restraint chair.

Efforts to herd a pod of seven orca out of a shallow estuary by boat have been abandoned, with the pod no closer to leaving their harbour playground.

The West Auckland site has been moved indoors with 500 chairs spaced out inside to allow for social distancing.

The Christchurch man says his win “couldn’t have come at a better time”, and the $1 million prize will make an enormous difference for his family.

The 72-year-old police employee who was operating a speed camera van is recovering in hospital after surgery.

Flaxmere community leader Henare O’Keefe says he has no regrets and vows that he will never pay a cent.

National MP says it's ridiculous but the Speaker of the House reckons the longer distance is needed to keep everyone safe.

A judge has refused the urgent plea of six Afghans to have their long-stalled applications for visas to enter New Zealand granted.

Taranaki mayors have agreed to continue to truck the region’s waste 180 kilometres away, which will save $7 million over 35 years, rather than open a local landfill.

A woman left a property sold for $4.5m to her grandchildren. But her son took the matter to court, claiming his share of the estate had been reduced.

Waikato district mayor Allan Sanson's biggest fears realised as Covid-19 crosses the border into north Waikato.

Retailers, food and drink outlets, manufacturers, construction companies and other businesses are ready for (contactless) cash registers to start ringing.

An estimated 375 people were left behind in Afghanistan when the Government stopped evacuation flights, and a “second phase” of the evacuation effort is far from beginning.

The Southern District Health Board is reporting that 60 per cent of Southland and Otago residents have now received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine as it introduced new visitor guidelines for hospitals.

The Southern District Health Board will now offer at-home Covid-19 vaccinations, where needed, after an elderly, house-bound couple's six-week struggle to get a jab.

A woman tried desperately to pull her dog off a police dog before it was shot by police, after becoming aggressive during another man's arrest.

Nathan Benfell sometimes wakes at 4am thinking of ideas for his struggling bed and breakfast business.