A priest who sexually and physically assaulted a teenage boy would turn up at his victim’s home to have tea with his mother.

The award-winning Murihiku Matariki Festival in Queens Park is back for its fourth year.

If Christchurch pushes on with the stadium, some city leaders want to hit up neighbouring councils, sell off assets, and push back planned projects.

Dawn Baxter made more than 100 phone calls over six months before finally landing a GP in Invercargill.

Three people were injured in the crash - one is in a serious condition while the other two are in a stable condition in Wellington Hospital.

The police dive squad is expected to conduct a search below the falls, in the Tasman district, after a person went missing while going for a swim.

For three decades, the Kiwi heavyweight legend has had to put up with hurtful jabs over his intelligence for something he didn't even say.

Kiritapu Allan says the Government is making good progress amid trying times. But new data tells another story.

On Tuesday Kyung Yup Kim learned the UN human rights committee would consider his case to avoid extradition, and on Wednesday his father died.

An important juncture in New Zealand’s cultural history has been acknowledged in a special ceremony at the country's national museum in Wellington.

Flu has overtaken Covid for respiratory illness hospitalisations, leaving doctors, schools and workplaces across the country struggling.

Overnight frosts will turn to heavy rain, and even thunderstorms for some tonight, with severe weather watches in place.

All his wife wanted was one more day. Now this 501 deportee is studying to help ensure that time doesn't run out for our planet.

A 41-year-old man appeared in Waitākere District Court on Friday in connection with the stabbing of four people on Auckland's North Shore.

A man out walking his neighbour's dog chased the alleged knife attacker, then put himself between the man and children at Mairangi Bay beach.

People of all ages and different walks of life went to the Wellington waterfront to celebrate or learn more about Aotearoa's new public holiday.

New Zealand’s chief human rights watchdog says the government need to address the human rights issue unfolding in primary healthcare.

The tap, tap, tap is painful, but it etches a cultural pride in all that receive traditional Samoan tattoo, being done for the first time in Nelson.

The demolition of Corteva’s decommissioned Paritutu plant is about to begin with no clear indication of what will happen with the site when it is complete.

Aerial counts of salmon show a bag limit of two fish per angler introduced for the first time this spawning season could already be paying off.