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.

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

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

More than 4000 people were expected to attend the festival on March 6 in Glenmark, north of Christchurch.

Kara Macdermid was one of the fastest finishers in the women's mile grabbing third.

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.

REVIEW: Third time was definitely not the charm for Eddie Murphy in this barely watchable 1994 sequel which offers low stakes and even fewer laughs.

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

With more than 130 homes, the Christchurch development has been designed like a subdivision.

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.

REVIEW: There’s a swagger, subversiveness and slight sadness about this dramedy that ensures the already lurid premise makes for compelling viewing.

REVIEW: The 2012 film, now on Netflix, lacks the wit, spontaneity and compelling central character that made the Kazakhstani's misadventures such a hit.

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.

Maria Ulberg woke to find her home filling with smoke. She yelled out to her sisters to get up as the 120-year-old house became engulfed.

At least once a week, Raman Lee gets a call about a construction worker somewhere in central Auckland facing significant mental health challenges.

The sharemarket is off to a positive start in February after shedding 8.8 per cent in January.