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.

Most areas are expected to have little or no rain during the next 10 days, but there could be some foggy mornings.

Ratepayers will fork out nearly $5 million to strengthen New Plymouth’s earthquake-prone multi-storey Downtown car park.

REVIEW: This does a great job of retaining the frenetic, kinetic qualities of the original, while also making it feel unmistakably British.

The latest request is for an additional $12.6 million over the next two years and councillors say it is clear the water entity needs more funding.

The man was holding a hangman’s noose and burning a cross at a party while serving in Afghanistan in the Australian SAS.

A person has suffered serious injuries in a crash that left them “heavily” trapped in their vehicle for some time.

REVIEW: This is a restrained, focused turn that reminds one of Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire, but without the romantic entanglements and occasional histrionics.

One of nine newly sworn in 'sheriffs' says the group just wanted to pay their respects when they chose to speak at a Kāpiti Coast Anzac Day service.

Rents have increased across the country but in Taranaki they have increased by a greater proportion than anywhere else.

The council is set to vote on three options; a new landfill on top of the old one, a waste-to-energy incineration plant, or closing it down and sending waste out of town.

The sharemarket resumed trading after the long weekend with the news that potential suitors are stalking tech stock Pushpay, sending its shares soaring 24%.

A lack of financial backing has dissuaded city leaders from supporting a last-ditch proposal to save the 60-year-old theatre.

The budget for the redevelopment of Waimate’s library and local government centre has increased, and will now cost more than $1.6 million.

In court, three young women confronted the man who raped and sexually abused them at parties. He was sentenced to home detention.

ANALYSIS: The associate finance minister had a gripe and an idea. But where do his new tax principles comes from and what would they mean?

A portraiture and storytelling series is letting rural women tell their own stories.

OPINION: After the Warriors' Anzac annihilation by the Storm, we look back at some other low points for Kiwi teams.

The attorney-general warned the bill would see Māori wards have "disproportionately higher" representation at the Rotorua District Council.