Pacific Island nations had asked the Biden-Harris administration to increase its involvement in the Pacific, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.

Kiribati has suspended New Zealand judge Bill Hastings from the country's top judicial posting. It's unrelated to Kiribati's withdrawal from the Pacific Island Forum, MFAT says.

Mid-week victory gives tourists more momentum heading into Saturday’s series decider against the All Blacks.

Police confirmed one person has died following the crash.

A person is in the care of paramedics after a car crash sent their vehicle plummeting into the flooded Heathcote River.

Chopper, a dog, that attacked a vet, leaving her with permanent scarring, has been allowed to return to his owner.

The left leaning political group has 31 candidates standing in Christchurch's local elections this year, and is pitching a raft of climate and equity-focused policies.

On Tuesday New Zealand recorded 11,548 new community cases of Covid-19 – the highest daily number of cases since April.

It's easy to come across blatant ageism in the travel industry.

Patients were given electric shocks, put in seclusion and doused with fire hoses as part of “behavioural modification” therapies in the 1980s, an inquiry has heard.

Try this modern, baked version for an easy midweek meal.

There are many variations of laksa in Malaysia and the most common is assam laksa, which is a sour clear soup with mackerel, and coconut curry laksa.

This is a superb, easy curry that will appeal to those in the family who don’t or can’t eat hot, spicy food.

The wet, wild weather that's brought flooding, felled trees, road closures, and flight cancellations around the country should ease up on Wednesday.

The forum is a "family" which regularly deals with differences, Dr Wesley Moran says after more nations pulled out of the Pacific Island Forum.

The Gore District Council is asking the Government to halt Three Waters and is calling for a national referendum to be done.

Michael Fowler is remembered as a “hurricane” who changed the face of the capital city forever.

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Our political leaders have returned from the UK, where masks are a rarity, but Covid-19 is back on the rise. Here's what the experts say.

The prized ingredient, which can sell for as much as $3000 a kilogram and grows underground, is sniffed out by specially-trained truffle dogs.