The final eight are cooking at the award-winning Otago restaurant Aim, which means there's only one judge to impress tonight: its executive chef, Vaughan Mabee.

Carlos Ulberg continues to shine early in his MMA career, ending his latest bout in brutal fashion.

Everybody's favourite family of dysfunctional superheroes return, while Maya Rudolph's self-obsessed billionaire discovers the power of philanthropy.

REVIEW: It is a rare skill to make this potentially one-note villain, something far deeper, nuanced and potentially sympathetic.

Five days after Guy Molloy was sacked, struggling Saints turn the tables in a big way in their NBL rematch with the Franklin Bulls.

A patient remains in a critical condition at Middlemore Hospital, and another at Hutt Hospital is stable following the fiery crash early on Friday.

Matariki: Kia tupato e hoa mā - ka haere tere rawa te huri o ngā tau.

Within four years, Wellington's current sewage solution will no longer work. Now the council needs to make a call before a small Rangitīkei town is asked to take the capital's waste.

Fibreglass replicas to replace original tin panels as improvement work continues on historic Timaru church.

West Coaster blitzed field in over 17 hours of running trails rising to over 5000m while battling 40-degree heat.

More than 800 people, including many from Palmerston North's refugee communities, share traditional food, performance and games.

More than 100 parcels of kai was given out to members of the public near Invercargill’s Queens Park on Sunday, to coincide with the Marariki public holiday.

If it feels like the past few months have been drier than usual, that's because Christchurch is on track for its fourth consecutive month of below average rainfall.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern leaves for Europe on Sunday night. She says the world faces a “very tough, tough time”, with issues countries cannot combat alone.

Police have launched an investigation after powdered fentanyl was discovered for the first time in New Zealand, causing at least 12 people to overdose in Wairarapa.

Councils are looking into a $17m plan that could connect Ōmokoroa, Mount Maunganui and the Tauranga city centre, but acknowledge there will be "enormous barriers".

The victim, a 50-year-old woman, had caught the bus after work and was walking home from the bus stop when a stranger allegedly stabbed her on the street.

The current budget for the project is $53.3m but the bill for the "extremely complex" renovation could rise to $83m, according to a confidential council report.

A person is dead after being struck by a car in the Auckland suburb of Mt Roskill.

The hunt is on for clues to solve the mystery of how several shells and a live powelliphanta marchanti snail ended up in a Manawatū reserve.