"She certainly didn’t deserve to die in the way she did", said the sister of Anastasia Margaret Neve who was murdered alongside her partner David Ian Clarke.

A single lane on State Highway 1 in Kāpiti has reopened following a crash that put a truck driver in hospital in a serious condition.

Two social workers say a woman, later convicted when a flight crew found her daughter had been abused, hit the girl in front of them. A judge disagreed.

The roofs of two buildings collapsed during the blaze and new video shows the extent of damage that was caused.

Two of Auckland’s biggest projects are facing major cost increases and delays due to Covid restrictions and overseas competition.

The victim was shot in broad daylight and died at the scene after police arrived.

MetService says areas of Kaitaia, Awanui and Kaingaroa could flood and driving will be "extremely hazardous".

Eleven dead seals have been found at two Kaikōura sites, with distressed pups nearby, and DOC believes they have been deliberately killed.

Five years ago Darrin Baylis had been running a company with a number of staff, but the past 8 months his only job was cleaning pots and pans in the prison kitchen.

The state of emergency in the area surrounding Gisborne has been lifted following three days of torrential rain that brought flooding and landslips to the area.

Cherylene Lawrence believed 28-year-old Chevana, who had degenerative Huntington's disease for 13 years, had no quality of life.

Antarctic Gateway city Christchurch has seen the $344m project go south to Timaru, taking 700 new jobs with it.

With no MIQ in the Hawke's Bay or East Cape areas, the positive wastewater test findings are a cause for concern.

At first she thought it was fireworks, then she realised bullets had missed her children by centimetres.

Northland District Health Board announced the new cases on Friday, taking the total to 17 in the region.

The non-profit organisation aims to make people in Christchurch smile - but it has also made international judges take notice.

Health officials are being accused of holding out on cash that would help a West Auckland kura boost Covid-19 vaccinations in its community.

David Callaghan tried to threaten two bouncers to not give evidence regarding an altercation at a Bridge St bar months before.

A Southland man is being ordered to get consent for his artistic power pole installation over a decade after the posts first went in the ground.

The Government has outlined details of two types of vaccine passes to be released later in November.