Wiremu Weepu was "pretty funny character and a pretty talented footy player as well", his cousin Piri Weepu says.

The other motorist fled the scene at speed following the collision. They were later found and arrested.

Next year's Dine and Cocktail Wellington will be in May while Burger Wellington and Beervana will be in August, coinciding with the FIFA Women's World Cup

When Gregory Clark demanded repayment of $330k in loans, his daughter said she wouldn’t be repaying any of it as they were “gifts by way of an early inheritance”.

Priscilla the therapy pig needed nine firefighters plus her two owners to push and pull her out of a creek bed.

A section of SH29, near Tauranga, will be closed while the serious crash unit investigates.

The 57-year-old woman has been granted suppression despite telling a court she wants to be named.

More than 50 people gathered on Friday in Wellington to protest the Islamic regime’s crackdown on demonstrations.

Justice Paul Davison described the actions of two men who randomly attacked a young man, leaving him dead in an Auckland park, as cowardly.

Police confirmed they responded to reports of the crash in Remuera at 1.26pm on Thursday.

After Perry Mason used a "foot-long" knife to take a woman's new $36k Toyota, he handed in her purse with an apology, and threat, inside.

When Ian Brewer lit a pile of branches behind his house this week, he didn't expect six fire tucks and two helicopters to end up at his Marlborough property.

Auckland's new mayor is forecasting a grim 2023, and preparing big council cuts, in his speech at the council inauguration ceremony at the Town Hall.

The band wants the New Zealand gigs to feel like small flat parties. “It was the obvious choice to just plonk a massive version of the house on the stage.”

The fire was upgraded to a third alarm incident, meaning the first attending firefighters requested backup.

Some students and teachers of so-called "sacred sexuality" courses say those running them are turning a blind eye to predators.

Christchurch schools say a popular leaver's prank where students in their underwear run through other schools is "totally outdated" and "can't be legitimised".

Since it became legal last November, 214 New Zealanders have had assisted deaths: most are Pākehā, women and aged between 65 and 84.

A professional misconduct charge against a former Invercargill doctor has been established after he failed to inform his patient he had melanoma skin cancer.

They blocked cars, glued themselves to roads and some were arrested four times, but maintain civil disobedience is crucial in a democracy.