The rescue pilot says the two-hour drive, with a police escort, was his most nerve-racking mission yet.

A lunchtime drive came to a sticky end for one New Plymouth motorist and police want to pass on the cleanup bill to the trucker responsible.

We need their skills, they want to stay, but it's not that simple, says Ardern, who's wary of exacerbating skill and labour shortages in the Pacific.

Hospitals at both ends of the country continue to restrict visitors, with Dargaville to review its policy on Monday.

Wairoa might lack a dentist and full banking services, but it's got a snazzy new grocery store. Locals worry that won't mean cheaper prices.

The new boss of the beleaguered mega polytechnic has apologised for a lack of progress but ruled out asking the Government for a new deadline.

Three councils and eight iwi have submitted together asking to be included in Entity D.

The catamaran smashed into pieces in heavy seas had been built “from the ground up” by its uninsured owner, leaving him only what is in his car.

Stuff understands Sean Buis, aged in his 20s, was assaulted by a group of people before being run over and left to die.

The company director was granted name suppression to protect his wife and children.

The pair were charged by the Serious Fraud Office over $750,000 that went on New Zealand First party expenses.

Greg Sayers won Rodney ward unopposed in 2019, but this time faces a seasoned politician in the form of ACT's Beth Houlbrooke.

Flooding in Christchurch on Thursday caught many people by surprise. Now council is warning people to prepare in advance.

Jaime and Tim Philips might own NZ's most perilous vegetable patch after a landslide triggered by a storm took out a big chunk of their yard.

Four St John ambulances and about a dozen police cars are on the scene.

A corrupt former football official who scalped World Cup tickets is running for parliament in the Cook Islands on an anti-corruption platform.

Children as young as 13 are taunting police as they drive around in stolen cars, with one group posting on social media as police try to stop them.

126,000 people had their travel plans disrupted by bad weather, and the backlog is not yet clear.

Bob Corson fled for his life the last time the gang pad burned. This time he died inside.

Expansion or development of new coal mining operations anywhere in the world is entirely irresponsible, a Massey University professor says.