Locals are “being driven mad” by the noise and smell created by a group of feral chickens previously blamed for terrorising children.

Police dive squad will look for the person on Friday, while another person was taken to hospital in a minor condition.

After he was shot between the eyes, Hemi Tahuri was given a 1% chance of survival. His father is tortured by the memory of that day: 'It will forever haunt me.'

Jailed, jobless and living with his daughter, former restaurateur Chanaratt Thongskul has been told he should be able to get on with his life.

Viewers said classical music and a sheep-focused experience in the shearing shed was 'PC BS'. The farmers behind it say it is the future.

Dean Fox just landed his biggest fish ever, an 80cm “horse”, and he did it from the beach.

Several suspects being sought by police have been identified and now they're trying to find a man seen in a white t-shirt with a cartoon kiwi on it.

The police presence at the site had been scaled down after the morning’s operation that saw six people arrested as protesters were evicted.

It is not a load of rubbish, far from it. Meet the Dunedin councillor who has halved his household waste to just one 45-litre bag for the year.

As Michaela Barriball was sentenced to life in prison, one of Malachi's uncles told her how the hatred and terror has never left him.

A woman armed with a dog pole and pretending to be from SPCA tried to seize a dog from its owner in Hokitika.

Stuart Wilson has slammed the proposed direction of Ashburton’s $1.7 million of additional roading funding, saying it's all going on just two roads.

A Taranaki council has decided not to put any more money into maintaining its cemetery, which members of the community recently called a “neglected, disgusting place”.

The risks to the public from two disused quarries are “huge”, with one local leader saying the situation is “incredibly urgent”.

The Parliament will be appointing a new watchdog to field complaints and investigate any poor MP behaviour.

Waimakariri mayor Dan Gordon has praised the efforts of staff after the Waimakariri District Council confirmed "one of the lowest rates rises in the country".

The adoption of one of the Ashburton District’s biggest rate increases in over a decade - nearly 10% on average - is a “realistic budget”, the council says.

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Tory Whanau has shown her hand early with plans for drug testing, one million native trees planted in the capital and pedestrianising Cuba St.

The Ukrainian president joined the Nato summit virtually, and delivered a stark message: His country needs weapons or more Ukrainians will die.