Emergency services were called to the incident on State Highway 85 at Becks in Otago just after 5pm on Sunday.

Johnny Nevits was scratched from a race after it was suspected of being administered a prohibited substance - for the second time in a year.

Moving away from home for the first time can be a lonely experience, but what if there was someone there to make you feel at home?

Members of opposing gangs live opposite each other in two groups of Kāinga Ora flats in Hamilton. A woman who lives nearby says the street violence is overwhelming.

A very warm and moist air mass is hovering over the island, making things humid.

A Spotted Lanternfly was found dead in a painting tool bag, which had recently been imported to give out to Waikato apprentices.

With half Māori and nearly two thirds of Pasifika adults obese, public health experts say decision-makers are avoiding them and neglecting Treaty obligations.

After five years of being stuck to the overlying Australian plate, GNS Science said the subducting Pacific Plate has started moving again.

The vehicle hit a curb and, when police pursued it, they found the child driver - with four other kids in the vehicle.

Homeowners in one of Wellington’s oldest permanent European settlements fear a proposed heritage zone may impose costly restrictions on them.

Emergency services were called to Clover Park after reports of an assault on Sunday morning.

One person was moderately injured after an attack at an address in Hornby on Sunday evening.

Dr Michael Girouard, whose wife Dr Jonie Girouard was caught giving out medical exemptions for the Pfizer vaccine, is also now under scrutiny.

Pop-up Covid-19 testing stations were “chocka” in a rural South Taranaki town following the discovery of a case involving a child at the weekend.

The world's favourite ogre is due to make an appearance in New Zealand next year.

Dawson's first public sculpture returns to Christchurch's skyline 40 years since its creation, thanks to support of a former city councillor.

A milk trailer attached to a Fonterra tanker rolled in Taranaki over the weekend, contributing to a number of crashes that kept emergency services busy in the region.

A parking ticket found on a vehicle in Mount Maunganui wasn't issued by Tauranga City Council.

Epidemiologists weigh up Auckland going orange as 103 new community cases around Aotearoa are announced.

Social media chatter suggests the long-awaited motorway will be running from December 18, but authorities have hit the brakes on the rumours.