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.

“Cycling in the Hutt is becoming more and more common, and we want to see it increase," says Mayor Campbell Barry.

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

Truck driver Steve Smith has never had a high income, but he's managed to buy two houses, by living with flatmates and buying second-hand.

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

He's narrowly escaped death on more than one occasion, but has Shortland Street's Damo Johnson (Grant Lobban) finally reached the end of the road?

NZ's most lasered tattoos revealed, and why laser operators hate reality shows about tattoo artists

Held over Friday and Saturday nights, the all-ages event will showcase 18 artists over five stages at the Town Hall and host industry seminars for future stars.

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.

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The hit Kiwi-inspired US vampiric comedy is back, while the New Zealand-shot adaptation of Stacy Gregg's Pony Club Secrets book series returns.

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.

Ethan de Groot will remember his 24th birthday forever as the recalled All Black prop now sets his sights on a showdown with South Africa in South Africa.

The whale poses a "significant health risk" to anyone that touches it. The body will be disposed of on Saturday.

Whatever way you put it, Southland's Kristen Froude is back in New Zealand rowing’s elite ranks after the best part of seven years on the outer and she couldn’t be happier.

Jordan Langley needed a special computer to work in IT because of his visual impairment, but a Government work scheme wouldn’t cover it.