Emergency services were called to the fire, in Forbury, about 7.10pm on Saturday.

Dangerously high wind gusts forces group to delay Saturday's gig at Sky Stadium until Sunday evening.

The boy was wanted in connection with car thefts, assaults on other youths, burglaries and incidents where cyclists were hit by stolen cars.

Raymond Ratima was convicted of seven murders, including his three sons in 1992.

At least two of the racist dolls were on display, which the race relations commissioner says is "inappropriate and disturbing".

One person has been taken to hospital after a ute veered off the road and crashed into Crown Food Bar in Rosedale, Auckland.

Steven Lewis ended up in hospital three times before realising his partner was trying to kill him. He wants a public hearing into her death by suspected suicide.

Speaking from Antarctica, Jacinda Ardern said her electorate office staff deserved to feel safe at work.

The boy has broken window latches and scaled fences to run, once walking 2.4km by himself to go to the beach.

As Lady Bernadette Cooper she ripped off AMP clients, but under a new name, she is on Porirua school board, raising ethical questions about candidate suitability.

Conservationists have spent 10 years trying to get a marine sanctuary to safeguard dwindling populations of penguins and dolphins. But iwi fishing interests stand in the way.

Finding an appropriate skill or talent in a child could go a long way towards them taking a better path.

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 61-year-old was chased from the bus exchange in Colombo St to Cashel St where it’s believed he was attacked on October 18.

Southland has borne the brunt of the country's lightning strikes on Saturday evening, with 1133 recorded up to 9.05pm.

The winning First Division tickets were both sold on MyLotto, to players from Hamilton and Marlborough.

Shelley Burke's show attracted thousands and was one of Auckland's most-anticipated Christmas display events.

Staff in the facilities management, operations and sustainability departments are concerned about losing their jobs.

The 2011 film Rise of the Planet of the Apes is set in which US city?

A ceremony was held at Te Upoko o te Whenua Marae at Tarata, Taranaki, hosted by Ngāti Maru, where the Crown also returned land titles to the iwi.