Police say an offender entered an Auckland dairy, armed with a knife, and took a cash register. A worker was allegedly stabbed, and has since died.

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

McCain New Zealand’s Timaru plant has been crowned as the Climate Action Leader in the 20th national Sustainable Business Awards.

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

Felippe Rodrigues feels a lot lighter and a lot younger after cutting more than three years worth of hair to give to a wigmaking studio.

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.

An ethical drink company born from an idea on Piha Beach won the supreme award at the Sustainable Business Network's 20th annual event.

REVIEW: The tunes are mostly forgettable, the action fitfully funny and the whole conceit feels borrowed from the far superior WandaVision.

A plate of roast vegetables cooked beside the meat isn't exactly full of good cheer - luckily, it's not hard to make a single-serve, delicious vegan meal.

REVIEW: It's a seemingly perfect marriage of director to material and the result is exactly as ooky, spooky and kooky as anyone might have hoped.

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

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.

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

The "copper-headed nail" sculpture by artist Glen Hayward honours Wellington’s maritime history.

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

A block of native bush in Taranaki that is home to kiwi and critically endangered long-tailed bats now belongs to the Native Forest Restoration Trust.

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.