One person has died following a serious crash involving two vehicles on State Highway 1 near Waiomio Road, just south of Kawakawa in Northland.

It is believed he was chased by a group of people before being assaulted in the central business district, leaving him critically injured in hospital.

Sixteen-year-old Cormac Buchanan has re-signed with leading Spanish team AGR Racing for the 2023 JuniorGP World Championship.

Mainpower reconnected power to hundreds of properties after a series of outages on Tuesday as the region was whipped by wild weather.

Is the world's most famous wordsmith becoming a victim of cancel culture, and why is the prime minister involved?

Police were called to Aramoana Beach and located the person at 8.15pm but they could not be revived.

The top 2000m of the ocean has been heating up since the 1950s, and it’s getting faster. But new research says we could stop that acceleration by 2030.

ANALYSIS: Could we see a 'double peak' in inflation and is it the Government's fault?

Review: Chatham Islanders are hardy and inventive, and they put on a great spread - Grand Designs NZ is back with a great yarn.

A salami from Auckland's Zaroa Meats was named joint champion alongside a pork sausage from New World Te Rapa at the Great NZ Sausage Awards on Tuesday night.

It's only day one of the domestic cricket season, but this miracle grab already has claims for classic catch of the summer.

Fluoridating Christchurch tap water is a “complex challenge” which may be left to a new water authority to implement.

Tigilau Ness had a lot to celebrate at the Auckland Museum on Tuesday night: activism, education, and his home country of Niue, too.

The incoming mayor has also told the council-owned company he wants container traffic from the port moved entirely to rail “as quickly as possible”.

Got the back-to-school blues? Let these recipes bring you a taste of the tropics.

With inflation still above 7% it's hard to avoid the most brutal price rises, but you can limit the damage if you know your enemy.

Ehara i te pakiwaitara, engari kē ia he pūrākau me tōna mauri e rere ana ki roto i a mātou, hei tā te kaituhi.

Story is not a myth, but a living story whose mauri flows within us, author says.

REVIEW: Go for the gorgeous gowns, stay for the evocative storytelling and leave with an uplift in your spirits and a spring in your step.

Bowls NZ's judicial committee concludes it was understandable for Lawson to lash out with text messages containing offensive or insulting behaviour.