The Ministry of Education says the schools are within their rights to ask but parents don't have to pay.

Nearly a third of the 750ha Tūhaitara Coastal Park near Christchurch has been destroyed by fire, including more than 1000 maturing native trees.

A man who was shot in his home was driven to be nearby petrol station before being taken to hospital.

The National Party have selected Tama Potaka as their candidate to contend the Hamilton West by-election.

Nicholas Booth had an idea to raise $10,000 and deliver humanitarian supplies to Ukraine. Six weeks on he raised $30,000 and those much-needed supplies are already in the hands of Ukrainian people.

Record numbers of children have disappeared from the education system this year. What's going on?

Police are searching for the culprits responsible for ramming a car into a west Hamilton house after 11pm Saturday night.

Secret spreadsheets, undercover tactics and 'brainwashing' are just some of the controversial methods used by the group in Aotearoa.

Police and fire investigators are at the scene in Ngāruawahiā.

Five days after Stuff revealed Antonina Ovchinnikova had been using Telegram to raise money for the volunteer Russian army, she's left Auckland for Moscow as Kiwi police investigate.

The man's kayak and fishing gear were found on Sunday morning after he didn't come home as planned on Saturday.

“They’re still out there looking for the third person and there’s people searching with torches. It’s almost high tide so I hope they find them soon before the tide turns," a local said.

The truck crashed into the lake around 4.30am on Sunday and was still there by the evening.

National and ACT could govern, without NZ First, according to the latest polling.

State Highway 1 has reopened south of Dunedin after the early morning crash.

All the youths are now assisting police with enquiries. The man assaulted has minor injuries.

A Wellington resident has a message for a group who set off fireworks near bushland before a large blaze: “Where do I send the invoice?” for the damage.

He was riding his new ebike, but a spill after hitting debris on Brooklyn Rd, left him with concussion and a long wait for an ambulance.

Kaituna sawmill owner OneFortyOne will provide timber for Habitat for Humanity to build houses in Stoke.

More sponsors are sought for help developing a green corridor along Te Mamaku Drive.