Despite hitting 190kph behind the wheel of his 1967 Corvette Stingray, the US president just wasn't fast enough to beat Michael Powell.

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schools say a popular leaver's prank where students in their underwear run through other schools is "totally outdated" and "can't be legitimised".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 section of SH29, near Tauranga, will be closed while the serious crash unit investigates.

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.

Swifties versus Taylor, Matthew Perry versus Keanu Reeves, and Kanye West vs the world - it's a week of celebrity feuds on Pop Tart.

The hospital’s emergency department has 16 vacancies for nurses and doctors as management works to urgently fill more than 300 positions across all its services.

The narrowing of slip affected road by cones has made it unsafe for cyclists, advocates say.

Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni has told the ministry to focus on jobs training, in preparation of a rise in unemployment.

Regional council chairman lists water quality, climate change and carbon farming as significant challenges for Southland.

National's Shane Reti says Health Minister Andrew Little needs to answer questions about staff safety in the country’s emergency departments.

The rate of change coming at the agriculture industry and the cost of complying with it keeps fourth generation farmer Ben Dooley awake at night.

It’s a sad day for ice cream lovers.

A 'miserable hole' where bodies were once sent down a dramatic railway incline and buried village are among our most intriguing forsaken settlements.

A man has been taken into police custody after negotiation with armed police in a residential suburb of Tauranga.