A $50,000 invoice for traffic management bills was waived after Christchurch mayor Lianne Dalziel met with Destiny Church pastor Derek Tait.

Once a keen participant in sport, Shirley McKenzie now needs a walking frame and is unable to socialise as she continues her 18-month wait for an operation on her arthritic knee.

The owner was gifted two rabbits and told they were the same sex. But soon there were so many rabbits, and so much fluff, an animal shelter had to intervene.

Health NZ says Middlemore’s emergency department is continuing to adapt after a patient's death last month, but a senior healthcare worker tells a different story.

A busy roundabout 'might as well be a moat with crocodiles in it' for Ben Jackson, who has Down Syndrome and struggles to cross the road.

In a saga involving a motel owner, a former resident, racist taunts and talk of gang hits, a judge has quashed the motelier's assault and weapon convictions.

A man was dragged by his own car, suffering a broken wrist, when he tried to stop a man from stealing his vehicle from a Timaru supermarket car park.

A politician whose account was hacked in February and who still can't use his page says it's a “near impossible job finding support to sort it out”.

A review of TVNZ's hiring was due to be done this week but it's now expected to be weeks away, with the volume of material part of the reason for the delay.

Poseidyn Pickering's dad says his son hit his head while playing – but a pathologist says there's no way that caused his brain trauma.

Heavy rain watches are in place across Northland, Mt Taranaki and Bay of Plenty east of Ōpōtiki.

Christchurch mayoral candidate David Meates has given the thumbs up on the city’s long debated stadium, but only if costs were "full and final".

The virus sweeping Europe is likely to arrive when border restrictions drop at the end of the month, but don't panic, experts believe it will be contained.

The way people interact with the health system has to change if Southlanders want more care closer to home, the region's departing district health board members say.

People in Bluff have been asked to stay in their houses after a roof came off a building, causing powerlines to come down in high winds.

It’s the riveting tale of a duck with a sticky beak, a zealous neighbour and the power of the bush telegraph.

A Pak 'n Save manager has been stocking shelves and changing price tags all week, something he hasn't had to do “for a few years”.

The stainless steel poro takataka were dulled in the interests of road safety on the Waikato Expressway, and represent playful moments between parents and children, and an ancient spritual covenant.

After just days in Taranaki, newly-arrived photographer Andy MacDonald managed to capture two beautiful rainbows in one outing.

A former Southland meatworker who became a brain surgeon hopes to forge a trail for other Samoans who want to follow a similar path.