He should have received a jail sentence, a High Court judge wrote, but she has decided not to send him to prison nor extend his home detention.

Hundreds of sensitive documents about students, including exam results and information about misconduct could be accessed for six weeks.

The “very large slip” was between Ōpōtiki and Whakatāne and had closed the road.

“I have no idea what has caused Gaurav Sharma to trigger his own resignation in order to simply run again," said Jacinda Ardern.

Oranga Tamariki agreed to let a 4-year-old boy go back to his parents. Days later he was fighting for his life.

After days of traffic disruption and multiple arrests, a group trying to shine a light on climate issues will dial back its protest action - briefly.

An opportunity was missed for multiple agencies to meet and do a documented safety plan for a toddler who later died of fatal injuries, a coroner has heard.

A massive haul of stolen items recovered by police in Timaru this week included the mower stolen from a Timaru croquet club earlier this year.

Auckland's new mayor has told Auckland Transport to focus on roads and parking rather than trying to "change how Aucklanders live".

Eyewitnesses at the scene of a car fire on a Tauranga highway reported seeing an orange glow coming from underneath the vehicle, with the driver still at the wheel moments before it burst into flames.

ANALYSIS: Cherry-picked comments from Creative NZ’s external assessors led to an extraordinary conversation about Shakespeare playing out in the media this past week.

Shane Ngakuru is the cousin of Duax Ngakuru, the "international commander" of the Comancheros gang who is thought to be in Turkey.

Margaret Simpson, 85, paid a modest sum for the guitar it in the 1960s. Now it will be sold to fund her daughter's cancer treatment.

From late on Friday through to the end of Monday, KiwiRail teams will be working on trains across Tāmaki Makaurau.

It was only after pushing and persisting for a third referral that 32-year-old Danielle Tolchard learned she had an aggressive form of breast cancer.

About 230 health workers are to go on strike for 24 hours from 7am on Thursday after mediation breaks down.

Pupils of Pareawa Banks Ave School are on a mission to create an “urban forest” on their school’s new site.

Creative New Zealand's funding cut to Auckland Pride creative director's role "is another arts project denied and struggling."

The number of available rental properties across Aotearoa has grown by more than a third, but Nelson and Otago went against the trend.

A migrant worker who earns less than $86,611 a year still can't bring a parent to Aotearoa despite changes ushered in by the Government.