Two men and a woman were arrested on Wednesday over the killing of Robert Hart last week.

Hori Pokai – A Sturdy Stubborn Chief was painted in 1919 and bought as a wedding present shortly afterward. It has never before been seen in public.

Auckland shoppers showed little fear as retailers reopened after prolonged lockdown.

The city is his playground, the streets are his to roam, but the capital's favourite wandering cat will now call Auckland home.

It caused hazy skies and sulphuric smells, and volcanic unrest continues on Whakaari, which is located off the coast of Whakatāne.

The Government has appointed a working group for Three Waters reforms to settle issues over how four new water entities will be run.

Some Gore district’s councillors have their claws out over the towns’ feline population.

Whānau Ora had taken the ministry to court to get the contact information of unvaccinated Māori in the North Island.

A second man charged with murder over his alleged involvement in the fatal shooting of a Christchurch teenager will keep his name secret as his case heads to the High Court.

The Blileys are singing and dancing away the lockdown blues with a re-written version of a Bee Gees hit.

Protectors say an injunction to keep them away from the Kennedy Point Marina construction site is a “desperate act ... to try to intimidate a community”.

Auckland Council will conduct a thermal imaging drone survey over Long Bay Regional Park after a volunteer said they saw a wallaby.

A production manager at a large Christchurch-based construction company can be named after he admitted exporting and possessing child sexual exploitation material.

A woman who sent explicit photos to a man she met at a gym feared for her future after he blackmailed her when she discovered he was married.

Levi Fiddymont, 21, entered surprise guilty pleas on the third day of his trial over a crash that killed teenage sisters.

Stewart Konui Peters, 58, amassed a collection of 12,000 pictures and videos featuring children as young as six months being abused.

It's known for its strong links to the horse racing industry and its million-dollar homes, now West Melton is Canterbury's first 90 per cent fully vaccinated town.

Road statistics will never improve as long as people keep being stupid behind the wheel, a district councillor says.

A Countdown supermarket is among several new locations of interest in Waikato to be linked to the Delta outbreak.

The Ashburton District Council's economic development arm has defended proposed initiatives to help local farmers adapt to climate change and to be more sustainable.