Motorist have been advised to stay off roads in flooded areas; Whakatāne residents warned of slips.

Although there's no suggestion Brian Boyd was involved in any wrongdoing, in 2012 he received an offer from Jeffrey Epstein to fund a book about the 1955 novel Lolita.

Mosque killer's claims of torturous prison conditions are exaggerated, a court has heard.

The caricatures are meant to be a culmination of everything ChatGPT knows about a person, but they have also brought up questions around privacy and personal information.

Tourism-dependent businesses in the central North Island town of Waimarino have faced hard times since November's fire in Tongariro National Park.

Judge Ema Aitken is before the panel accused of yelling at Winston Peters during an event at Auckland's Northern Club in 2024, calling him a liar.

The SPCA has more than 30 kittens available for adoption at its Māngere Centre, where it says the 40-year-old building is crumbling and part of the cattery floods when it rains.

A Crown solicitor has told the Court of Appeal the terrorist is where he was always going to end up.

Wellington Water says it is monitoring wet weather forecast for the capital this weekend as its Moa Point plant continues to leak raw sewage.

After proving highly effective against wasps, Vespex is to be trailed on the yellow-legged hornet population.

"It's fortunate that no one has been hurt," police say.

Residents are "shocked and devastated", but the council warns the order to leave "cannot be ignored".

Two fire trucks arrived 30 minutes after a report of smoke coming from Auckland's downtown ferry terminal on Friday.

Seven sweet recipes for people more lovey-dovey about chocolate than Valentine's Day.

The person was unharmed, but the New Zealand Medical Journal has highlighted the case an an example of pareidolia.

Moeaia Tuai promised two people a better life, but instead kept them as slaves for several years, police said following his sentencing.