People are being asked to check their properties after Hallam Kupa, who is also known as Josh, was last seen in the Napier suburb of Taradale, Sunday morning.

New data shows the number of homes owned by mega landlords continue to grow, while first home buyers continue to get shut out of the market.

Wellington Water crews were working to fix a burst pipe on Sunday evening.

Justin Steves paid his life savings to Ready Homes. Over a year later, there's nothing to show and he's going to court.

An ambitious plan to use brodifacoum to eliminate pests from parts of Westland means commercial hunters would need to stay away from the area for three years.

Carole Marfell was attacked and robbed at an ATM in Christchurch in 2004. Last year she learned her attacker was on the run from police.

Green MP Julie Anne Genter​ has welcomed her second child after cycling to hospital, while in labour in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Emergency services were called to an address in Bluff on Friday evening after three men allegedly broke into a property and assaulted the sole occupant.

Some businesses are offering extra benefits, even a slice of the company's ownership, to lock in qualified and experienced staff.

The soldier opened the door to deliver a meal and was thanked with a wad of spit to the face.

The 16-month-old Shih Tzu-Bichon cross was found on Sunday afternoon, about 2km from where she went missing.

REVIEW: His story – and the one the Luafutu family have to tell – strikes me as about the most deserving material for a Kiwi doco as I've seen in years.

While fire has been contained to 25 hectares, crews have retired for the day and will return to the scene on Monday morning.

The case is a child who tested positive nine days after arriving in New Zealand from London, via Doha.

Australia is on high alert after two arrivals from southern Africa tested positive for Covid-19. Meanwhile, booster shots will be available from Monday.

Flex Fitness gym in Hastings is the latest location in Hawke's Bay to be linked to the Delta outbreak.

Tauranga voters cautious about throwing their support behind Simon Bridges to return to National's leadership role.

Invercargill’s oldest operating wooden church has received a makeover after getting funding from the Provincial Growth Fund.

The SPCA is already fielding calls from people worried about dogs being let alone in cars as temperatures rise.

The search continues for a 63-year-old Wellington father who left work on Friday and wrote on a whiteboard that he'd return two hours later, but didn’t.