Lydia Stewart was trimming trees at her parents' house when a man jumped into her ute and took off. Ten hours later, a sledgehammer with her name on it was found at a crime scene.

Temperatures are set to drop in parts of the country, but it should still feel like summer in Auckland.

The prisoner says 300 or more inmates have Covid. Corrections data records 220 but that was at 9am on Friday.

Two people in cars and a pedestrian have died in crashes on Saturday night and early Sunday morning.

The boats have arrived in Helena Bay in Northland, with activists demanding the Government freeze Alexander Abramov’s assets.

Doctors told Aria Smith's mum she might have to go home to die. Now, the happy, bubbly 4-year-old is an ambassador for Heart Kids NZ.

David Holland has not been seen since Friday and did not turn up for work

Motorists can expect delays and long detours as Waka Kotahi carries out multpile roading projects.

Kerbside food scraps bins and cash incentives for bottle recycling are among the proposals aimed at reducing landfill.

Residents are stressed and property is being damaged after a spike in "antisocial driving", so the council has made a move to help police stop it.

Coronavirus fears have taken a backseat as New Zealanders struggle with the soaring prices of fuel and food.

Humphrey Hanley is working day and night to help people who share his rare skin-blistering condition Epidermolysis Bullosa to escape war-torn Ukraine.

Neighbours heard what sounded like “four loud gun shots” and saw a window damaged by apparent shotgun splatter.

Police have cordoned off a field in Ilam, home of the University of Canterbury's main campus, after a massive student party on Saturday.

Expecting mothers are being told they will be discharged after 24 hours following a C-section, but some say that's too soon.

An art piece from NZ painter Charles Goldie's private collection tipped to sell for over $2m at an auction in Auckland.

Moss was stung by jellyfish on two occasions and Sherwen suffered a heart attack while recovering from her swim.

A panel has decided not to escalate complaints about seven academics who penned a controversial letter about Mātauranga Māori and science.

The Southern Institute of Technology has cut sporting sponsorship deals on the back of reduced revenue, and its former chief executive Penny Simmonds, now Invercargill's MP, isn't happy about it.

More than 40 unvaccinated staff could lose their jobs, despite new advice to central government departments and agencies to "pause" the dismissal of staff who refused to be vaccinated.