Daniel Stephens tried to land in a small and unauthorised landing zone because it seemed 'a fun thing to do'. Instead, he hit a fence.

New smoking laws designed to protect children come into effect this week but there may need to be more support for habitual smokers, research has found.

Cindy Li was badly dehydrated but uninjured when she was found near her home on Sunday, police say.

The foreign minister will meet her US counterpart, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, before travelling to Canada.

But a judge remains "hopeful" the man will do more than just that during his six-month stay, in what he has called a "sad" case.

The owner of the farm where the incident happened said the 6-year-old boy was attacked by a pig hunting dog after work hours.

A 32-year-old is facing multiple charges in relation to a “serious incident” in Hastings that sparked a large-scale police manhunt.

A person who tried to steal a quad bike from a Waimate property is understood to have been knocked unconscious after the occupants of the property gave chase in another vehicle and collided with them.

Darkie Cable will serve a minimum of 12 years behind bars for beating his partner of 13 years and the mother of his two children to death.

Scores of people spotted a series of bright lights followed by a sound akin to a "sonic boom". A space scientist thinks he knows what it was.

A group of former Southland Times staff have found a novel way to give their historic old office building a final send off before it becomes part of a new development.

Rivalry over gang territory ended with a Mongrel Mob member dead on Black Power turf. A court has heard the shot man was brandishing a gun.

Members who aren't vaccinated will be required to work from home while Covid-19 remains in the community.

Changes have been made to the Government’s notification system after the DHB was only alerted to a person with Covid-19 being in the region after a family member told them.

The incident happened south of Wakefield on State Highway 6 shortly before 5pm on Monday.

Alert levels are set for the scrap heap, with each region's starting colour in the new traffic light system to be decided on November 29, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.

The latest additions take the Ministry of Health list to 163 locations.

Immigration New Zealand misapplied the law and failed to consider a humanitarian exception even when the Afghans had a "compelling" case, judge finds.

A human rights lawyer took the case to the international body as part of a wrongly arrested Wellington woman's long-running battle for justice.

The airline estimates 20,000 customers will be affected as it cancels trans-Tasman flights through to the end of the year due to border uncertainty.