The United States will leave the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said today. A fire at a ski resort hotel overnight killed at least 10 people and injured 32 others in northwestern ...

A project manager for a planned Richie McCaw statue to be erected in his hometown said he hopes it can finally be built this year. Two people have been critically injured in a crash at Thomsons ...

A sunny day spent enjoying the lake at Mt Creighton ended with a family’s beached boat being swamped due to a surprise southerly swell. A sunny day spent enjoying the lake at Mt Creighton ended in a ...

An historic Canterbury home is getting a new lease on life as its owners John and Wendy Hillary pour their life savings into rebuilding it into a modern classic.

Public health experts have found New Zealand's water infrastructure system is leaking at a rate far higher than in leading European countries. The upper North Island is expected to be in for a ...

Warning: graphic content. A woman called her husband and sent a photo to police while she was being allegedly violated close to Coronet Peak near Queenstown, a court has heard. A man who knocked out a ...

Wānaka is shaping as the place to be for those seeking some summer sun and heat this week. More than 100 people gathered at a ...

The family and friends of a New Zealand woman allegedly set on fire by a man accused of trying to murder her in Australia say ...

Soldiers killed nine unarmed people at an AngloGold Ashanti AU.N mine on Saturday night, a Ghanaian small-scale miners' ...

Labour has inched ahead of National in a new poll, with National dropping 4.6 points and Labour gaining 4 points since ...

Mike Dickison has always had a soft spot for Banks Peninsula. Now the world’s first Wikipedian-at-large is determined to enhance the peninsula's profile on Wiki - and has been given $50,000 to do it.

A change of health minister will come as little comfort to people waiting too long for healthcare or not being treated at all, health advocates say. Christopher Luxon is kicking off the political year ...