The body is believed to be that of missing woman Gaelene Bright, who was last seen on May 1.

One person has been taken to hospital after the incident near Rotorua's ‘Eat Street’ on Tuesday night.

Kirstie Gardener had been acting chief executive since December last year and will now "lead LPC forward" permanently.

Some luckier families are in NZ and thriving, while others are trapped in their homeland – without certainty and fearing for their lives.

Olivia Wensley, who helped spark New Zealand's #MeToo movement, offered safe haven to the woman she befriended after meeting her at the West Coast community.

Bernard Smith grew up with coffee in his veins, so in 1997 he took a punt and started his own coffee company called Vivace Espresso.

OPINION: Competition and regulation are finally likely to force down the cost of many necessities of life, and it can't happen fast enough.

A quarter of inpatient hospital beds in the Wellington region will need to be relocated as a seismic report reveals a potential quake risk.

The paper's editor says the cartoon was "in bad taste", while the cartoonist responsible says the Māori character was meant to represent the Government, not Māori.

A neighbouring house was evacuated as four fire crews fought a “substantial” early morning house fire in Avonside, Christchurch.

Former NG Gallery owner Roland Logan has bought the British Hotel and plans to restore the building by early next year.

“Building a fortress” isn’t the way to address a spike in ramraids, community leaders say.

A medical practice that lost three GPs earlier this year, leaving a Taranaki district of 9500 with just two doctors, has been sold.

The Nelson Budget Service has seen a spike in people withdrawing KiwiSaver as living costs go up.

Yobithan Rajaratnam has now been an NZ citizen for over six years. But he is still told he doesn't belong.

Chasers are an all-knowing force to be reckoned with. But here's how to beat them.

A Taranaki council is one step away from charging forestry owners for the damage logging trucks are doing to its roads, despite many calling the move “not fair”.

A standard bookshelp in the living room wasn't going to cut it for Kruse's dozens of houseplants.

For months they have had to pay extra for dehumidifiers and fans to battle the stench from the fire-damaged Christchurch plant. Now they will get help.

REVIEW: A cross between an immersive, interactive Game of Thrones, Survivor and The Crystal Maze, it's every teenage fantasy fan's dream competition.