Two reserve soldiers have been identified as possibly being in the war-torn country.

A bloody attack in a neighbourhood restaurant left three people with life-altering injuries - including one who had just come in for a curry.

CCTV and blood samples have been taken from where Korrey Whyman was found as the homicide investigation continues.

So far it's like “a Tuesday night in Wellington”, but Kiwi residents are bracing themselves as the category 4 storm hits Florida.

The family was headed to a Queenstown ski field in a borrowed car when it stopped on a steep corner - then the engine started smoking.

Two men have pleaded guilty to burning down the Tauranga Rainbow Youth building in what the LGBTQIA+ community called “an act of terror”.

Catherine Chu, who has copped criticism for her lack of commitment to the $114,000-a-year role, was due to give her final speech at council on Thursday.

A spike in children becoming severely ill from respiratory illnesses has been reported as an RSV outbreak arrives later than expected from Australia.

The Crown is appealing the nine-months home detention sentence handed to 18-year-old Jayden Meyer, who raped four girls and sexually violated another when they were all 15.

Residents of a high-end subdivision are angry they have not been consulted about a proposed development project, a third of which will be social housing.

Almost a thousand roads around schools are due to have lower speed limits, which will come into effect over the summer.

The horses were removed from a harness racing breeder’s property in Kaikōura due to welfare concerns.

A proposed water conservation order for Te Waikoropupū Springs, in Golden Bay, may have “significant and far-reaching” effects on farming practices in the recharge area.

Minister for Children apologises to ACT MP Karen Chhour after saying she should "understand her Māori world view better".

Mike Davidson has removed more than 50 offensive notes from his billboards. "It’s personal, it’s constant, and it’s draining," he says.

Voting in the 2022 local body elections across the Nelson-Tasman region is lower than it was at the same time in the previous three elections.

Most of the country's mayoral candidates say climate change is a danger requiring council action, and the majority of Marlborough’s candidates agree.

It'll soon be available to homeless people in Kirikiriroa, launching at a time when many are feeling the pinch and more "new faces" need help.

A man facing a murder charge has been convicted of an unrelated charge, following a police stop in July.

Climate change – not the US-China competition – is the most urgent security task for the Pacific, the White House has been told.