Residents set up sandbags and prepare to evacuate their homes as communities on the coast brace for torrential rain.

A tiny group of parents who say their children can't live a normal life because they haven't been vaccinated had wanted the 5-11 year old roll-out stopped. A judge has declined.

A street has been cordoned off as chemical specialists work to dilute a hazardous substance found at a former match factory in Dunedin.

The Government's proposed unemployment insurance scheme has immediately been attacked from both the left and right.

At first it looked like a family having fun in the surf, but as Wellington teen Ethan Hunter got closer he could hear them screaming for help.

The Security Intelligence Service has twice received intelligence that originated from suspected torture or severe mistreatment, and kept it for use due to active national security threats.

German shepherd breeder says SPCA fabricated allegations against her and her mother, including that they were puppy farmers.

An Auckland man had a long weekend to remember after he became the first person to win big this year, scooping a $21 million prize.

After initially not showing up for a trial relating to the 2020 attack, the accused arrived and changed his plea to guilty.

The case against the three men charged with murdering Lois Tolley in Upper Hutt in December 2016, has unravelled.

Business wants a redundancy-only version of Govt's income insurance scheme.

Top Taranaki basketball players are ‘’gutted’’ the Schick 3X3 Cup has been cancelled due to Covid-19.

The person's condition has been downgraded to serious following a water-related incident thought to be in a Wellington building.

The second fire, on Karikari Pensinsula, is still burning after starting on Monday in a road lay-by.

The Omicron outbreak is a foot-race between boosters and the virus — which will prevail?

Of the 42 cases of vibrio parahaemolyticus reported in New Zealand since November, 22 were in Canterbury.

Children's toys, furniture and appliances have all been destroyed – but it could have been much worse, shaken mum says.

Stefan Cook and Peter Quilter travelled 36 kilometres over the tops of the waves to become the first people to cross the Cook Strait on wing foil boards.

A call for an immediate investigation in the state of Lake Opuha and the Ōpihi River has been delivered to ECan as concerns about water contamination gather momentum.

Anyone who visited the Denny's restaurant in Porirua on January 31, between 9.15am and 10.50am, is asked to isolate and get tested immediately.