Bank unleashes unprecedented 75 basis point rate hike, forecasting higher inflation, a year-long recession and OCR hitting 5.5%.

Police have released the name of the man who died in an incident in the area near Palmerston North on 18 November.

New Zealand may now be in “phase two” of the property market downturn, Corelogic says, and rising interest rates could add $12,000 a year to the cost of a $500,000 home loan.

After she suffocated her six-month-old son, a mother called the father, telling him "my paranoia got the better of me"

It came after a review, prompted when a YouTube video containing racist threats of mass violence against Māori took nearly 24 hours to be taken down.

Brian Ralph Lewis veered across the highway, smashing into Kathy Sexton's car. She died, and her two teenage passengers were seriously injured.

Crews are battling the blaze at a house in Levin and neighbouring homes are being evacuated.

Waka Kotahi wants to drop the speed limit to 60kph on the Remutaka Hill and 80kph all the way to Masterton.

The guard lost his licence when he was convicted for driving while disqualified. It turns out he also had 57 other convictions, which he hadn't declared.

A person has been taken to hospital after a car drove onto a ramp in Howick, trapping them beneath it.

ANALYSIS: A bunch of inflation-induced crunches will be squeezing voters right when the election will likely be held.

The visit will be the first by a Finnish prime minister, and will be the first opportunity for the two prime ministers to meet in person.

Hamish McKenzie Muir was found asleep at the wheel with the car engine running and the headlights on at 4.30am.

From candlelit classical music in an Egyptian Garden to the soundtrack to Moulin Rouge - the Hamilton Arts Festival is packed with special events.

Despite some great advertising campaigns being launched by brands in recent years, some miss the mark astoundingly.

It's launched the careers of Mike McRoberts, Mei Heron and Ben Boyce but one of the country’s best schools for aspiring journalists can't fill its course.

Director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala met with Ardern on Wednesday afternoon and will meet with other senior ministers on Thursday.

Verifying the credentials of international nurses is done by an overseas organisation and can take months, which is causing frustration, a health recruiter says.

The National Party leader says he will reconsider his plan to scrap the top 39% tax rate to prevent it adding further fuel to the inflation fire.

Man threatened with an air rifle during a home invasion says situation “was so absurd, I thought it was a joke”.