A Hamilton woman has been waiting a year for open-heart surgery needed to help her worsening condition but doesn't know when she'll get it.

Woman wanted to sell Russell property to move to Waiheke Island.

Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta says claims China has a police station in NZ are 'concerning' and being investigated. China's Embassy says it's not true.

The Government has passed its major Three Waters reform bill into law, with Labour the only party supporting the controversial legislation.

The family of three missing Phillips children are offering a $10,000 reward as the calendar marks one year since they vanished.

The MP for Dunedin says he looks "forward to speaking" about this at an appropriate time.

Billionaire Graeme Hart chipped in $58,000 to Wayne Brown's winning mayoral campaign.

“Really disgusting, not funny and revolting," is what one listener said while tuning in to RNZ's Saturday Storytime.

The pink church was daubed with anti-Semitic and homophobic slogans and a judge said it was troubling a fourth man allegedly involved hadn't been arrested for it - until now.

Auckland's State Highway 22 is open again after a serious crash.

Lyndon Paul Sheed could have used his position of authority in the gang to deescalate the tension. Instead he punched and then stomped on the victim with others.

Formal complaint lodged after children were "offloaded" from their school bus due to a road blockage.

One person was arrested, but two others are still at large after fleeing the scene, police say.

ANALYSIS: The abject mishandling of what should have been a winner for Labour will dog the party into the new year

The Southern Landfill is the 37th landfill in Wellington since the city was established, and the council wants it to be the last one.

A tip from the public saw the dive squad searching near the Petone Beach wharf in the hunt for clues on the death of Craig McKelvie, but they failed to find 'anything of note'.

A man who allegedly crashed into a fence before stealing a vehicle with a firearm inside, has been arrested after evading police for nearly six hours.

Stewart Island residents already pay more for electricity than mainlanders; now they may be hit with a nearly 25% increase.

Volunteer firefighters want to see real change - and the review agrees. It says "much more work" is needed to make sure the organisation is "safe and inclusive".

The buy one, give one model relies on workers in offices, but the pandemic saw revenues plummet. Now 900 children will be left without free lunches.