A father is appealing for information after his son was left critically injured on the side of the road after a hit-and-run in the early hours of Sunday morning.

How are you going to reflect on the loss of the monarch on Monday? Here's some ideas.

A football entity associated with NZ's top club never filed annual accounts and still received over $267,000 funding despite its dissolution.

A Wellington dogwalker has described the "gutwrenching" feeling after finding a seal he'd seen alive two days earlier now dead and missing its head.

A man is in a serious condition in hospital after being found with stab wounds on Courtenay Place around 4am on Sunday.

The jackpot was struck last Wednesday, and someone has finally cashed in.

Minor changes on its website led anti-trans groups to claim the Ministry of Health had changed its position on the medicine - but this is untrue.

Asbestos is New Zealand's number one workplace killer but experts say Kiwis are still ignoring the simple steps to avoid it.

Former manager pleads guilty after priest's confession over dodgy paperwork.

Many Chinese Kiwis are distancing themselves from the event, which they say is more about Pākehā making money than respecting diverse Chinese cultures.

Barring a few showers, mostly settled weather will be welcomed around the country for Monday.

Strong winds blew a shipping container off a freight depot stack into a Christchurch street, and turned 52 containers into a jumbled pile at Lyttelton port.

Businessman Wayne Brown has extended his lead in Auckland’s mayoral race over left-leaning Efeso Collins, according to the latest opinion poll.

Police are investigating a report of an assault in central Christchurch.

Royalist or Republican? Morning person or night owl? Invercargill mayoral candidates answer a series of questions during the local body election campaign.

Queen Elizabeth II had an “aura imbued with aroha”, says Bishop during emotional and uplifting service.

A person who stopped to help a woman being chased after a family harm incident was seriously assaulted on SH51.

Cheaper fares, extended routes to Motueka and Wakefield, and an 80% electric fleet are all on the horizon for public transport in the Nelson Tasman region.

Forecast "unusually strong" headwinds causes headaches for Air NZ on its flagship route between New York and Auckland, with volunteers sought to give up their seats.

The price of replacing a pump station in Invercargill has ballooned from $3.5m to $11m in just two years.