The former history teacher - cited by the Prime Minister as one of her key influences - has resigned from the school.

For 35 years Ken Bolton lived rent-free in the Tauranga house left by his late father.

A man on trial for manslaughter admits assaulting one woman multiple times, but denies fatally beating another.

A 37-year-old woman who became separated from her hiking partner was found dead in Arthur’s Pass National Park on Sunday.

An object took out the front and rear windows of a moving vehicle, hurting two occupants.

The end of one of New Zealand's most well-known roundabouts is a prominent feature of proposed plans to reshape Wellington's transport network.

Heart of the City boss says another week without customers is huge for businesses struggling to stay afloat.

At least seven complaints were made to police by people alleging they'd paid for work Mark Morton had either not started or not completed.

Terry Taiapa died in a crash in Porirua last week, the second fatal motorcycle crash in a matter of weeks in Wellington.

Brian Charles Harding, 54, and Travis Alexander Hunt, 39, were killed in a two-vehicle crash near Wheki​ Valley, Whangārei, on October 24.

A spokeswoman for the Northland District Health Board said she was made aware of the case this morning.

When Peeni Henare visited last month, only half of Taranaki Māori had received the first dose of the vaccine, with just under a quarter – 24 per cent – having had the second.

The world’s greatest surrealist artists attracted nearly 75,000 people to Te Papa despite a nationwide lockdown closing the exhibition for a month.

Covid-19 has been detected in wastewater samples taken in the southern and eastern parts of Christchurch.

A man charged with murdering a toddler in 2015 died before he went to trial. His side of the story can now be revealed.

A Southland based education programme manager and the New Zealand Shearing Contractors Association vice president are among more than 60 New Zealanders named as Women of Influence Awards finalists.

Almost 50 firefighters tackled the blaze, which destroyed the roofs of two buildings and sent a huge plume of acrid smoke across the city.

From a doco on domino-toppling to a horror set in Britain's "video nasty" era and Belgium's answer to Dumb and Dumber, some wacky tales will screen.

Councillor and former ousted chair Marian Hobbs has resigned from the Otago Regional Council, but is keeping mum about her reasons.

A man with Covid-19 who escaped from a quarantine hotel on Saturday and spent two days in the community has been found by police.