A woman has been arrested and charged with arson after a sudden blaze at a small church in Christchurch. Fire and Emergency were called to the church on Atlantis Street in New Brighton after the fire ...

The drug is now available for prescription in New Zealand but there are clouds to go along with the silver linings - such as ...

Have you ever been stuck in a situation where a conversionat turns tense, and the person you're talking to just keeps getting angreir, or more passionate? Or strangers have reacted quickly, and badly, ...

The rain may have stopped but the cleanup continues for residents of the Tasman town of Wakefield, which was badly hit in the recent floods. Officials say the region is currently transitioning from a ...

David Seymour's Regulatory Standards Bill has been put through its paces at Parliament, with its opponents lining up one by one to tear it down. Beginning this morning, and for the next three days, ...

Australians aged in their 30s and 40s are experiencing unprecedented and in some cases world-leading rates of at least 10 ...

A 15 year old school boy is cycling his way down the North Island this school holidays to deliver a letter in support of keeping Māori wards to parliament. The Whakatane High School student is due to ...

Analysis: The claims of economic benefits from fast tracking mining projects need to be scrutinised closely, and if those benefits don't stack up, any adverse environmental impacts become harder to ...

The All Blacks are counting the cost of the opening test win over France with captain Scott Barrett in doubt for Saturday's second test in Wellington. Barrett left the field with an achilles issue in ...

Police are asking for the publics help to find a woman missing in Auckland. Ella Davenport, 57, has been missing from her ...

A man allegedly tried to steal copper piping from the Old Horowhenua Hospital has been caught, thanks to a caretaker. The ...

Middle East correspondent Perry Wilton spoke to Lisa Owen about the growing hopes of a potential ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, as well as New Zealand receiving close to 300 visa applications ...