John Faavae was sitting in his car when he saw a man walk past and then heard three loud bangs. He found his friend lying on his back with a bullet wound.

A trio of 70-somethings who have banded together to find a home on Waiheke Island have been dismayed about the lack of places to live.

Nail tech allegedly insulted a colleague in front of a client.

A rapist is no longer working as a teacher aide in an Auckland school, hours after Stuff revealed his background.

Vulnerable Kiwis are advised to take extra precautions after three frequent frozen berry eaters were diagnosed with hepatitis A.

New Zealand's spy agencies are hosting a secretive meeting of their Five Eyes counterparts at the Millbrook Resort, near Queenstown.

The police Eagle helicopter was operating close to Auckland Airport, sending flights into a holding pattern.

Teachers' union says some secondary schools are hiring staff without the correct training amid a severe shortage.

David Panui was just 9 when he was buried in an unmarked grave in 1950. On Wednesday, tūī sang as he was reunited with his whānau.

The arrest comes after Kelvyn Alp and Hannah Spierer were arrested on a similar charge in August.

Taranaki police expect to make further arrests in relation to an alleged attack on a man by a group of Black Power members at a McDonald's restaurant.

New Zealand and Australia are offering their support to fly Pacific leaders who have been invited to attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in London next week.

'Red Ken' led the union movement from 1979 to 1999, playing a prominent role not only in this country but around the world.

Stephen Elliot, who boasted about his size and sporting prowess, claims he was in fear of the 60-year-old, 85kg man he punched at a charity shop.

One race goer has attended harness races at the Ascot Park Raceway since the 1950s, and he can not recall a meeting having to be cancelled because of a lack of horses until this week.

A police operation cracking down on illegal gang activity in NZ is showing signs of success, but what impact it is having in Taranaki remains unclear.

The home, on Ayr St in Riccarton, Christchurch, was sold at auction on Wednesday.

Conrad Sheers has ADHD, FASD, and 14 years' jail, his lawyer says.

Whakatū can boast the oldest, one of the youngest, and the most ministerially experienced of NZ’s would-be mayors.

Robin Grieve says he "knows a lot of Māori people" and sees no hypocrisy in running for election to a position he doesn't think should exist.