Fang Sun has pleaded not guilty to killing his former business partner in east Auckland.

Tremors continue and the lake's still hot, but analysis of water samples don't hint at magma mixing in, GNS says.

David Parker says he will introduce a bill which would set out principles of fairness in the tax system. But National believes that just means more taxes.

Invercargill surgeon Julian Speight who was on the scene at a fatal car crash that killed four teenagers says his thoughts go out to the families of those who died.

Hefty rent increases will continue until the wellbeing of tenants’ is prioritised over landlords' profits, a tenants' advocate says.

Richard Sivell was due in the court on Tuesday morning for his second appearance, but didn’t show.

Taika Waititi does New Zealand, a grandmother dusts off her waitress skills, Southland has an unlikely TikTok star - and there's more time to toast the Queen.

The man accused of fatally stabbing a young father in Invercargill at the weekend, has appeared in court.

The actor made about 30 videos for those responsible for the scam, who told her they were to help people with their English.

A former carer for Child, Youth and Family faces allegations he repeatedly sexually abused the teenager in 1995.

A Coromandel community is celebrating after their uproar over the mass taking of an unprotected fish species led to a nationwide rule change.

It's the fourth time the US space agency has visited Wānaka since 2015, with plans to launch its giant helium balloon into the sky next month.

Chante Alissa Harmer and her two young children were killed when Harmer drove through a give way sign and into the path of a ute at a rural Canterbury intersection.

“Clearly I can’t be mayor and operate a hospitality business of that magnitude.”

A "biomass boiler" has received $5 million in funding, as part of the Government's latest round of funding as part of a decarbonisation programme.

Paul Edward Brewer has admitted a charge of making a threat to kill but denies another of wounding to cause bodily harm.

Andrea Marsden is one of a small team whose goal is to change the habits of the 22,000 people in the Te Herenga Waka community for the better.

Auckland vape store owner Himanshu Batra has lost more than $50k in product and damage, he's contemplating shutting up shop.

The new boutique hotel, housed in Gothic revival buildings, opens next week and features William Morris prints throughout.

Workers struggling to process a record number of resource consents at the Hutt City Council are exhausted and walking out the door, a staffer says.