On Tuesday morning emergency crews converged on Tapairu Rd, Waipawa in central Hawke’s Bay where a controlled burn-off spread. Six pumps, five tankers and and additional specialist crew attended the ...

Biosecurity New Zealand will have 120 traps set across Auckland’s North Shore by the end of Wednesday, as authorities ...

Armed police have swarmed a street in the Wellington suburb of Mount Cook. Aaron Austin at A1 Auto Tech on Hopper Street said ...

The government has spent more than $21 million on 35 new homes that sit empty more than a year after completion. The ...

Water supply issues caused Fire and Emergency NZ to raise a third alarm as they rushed to battle a blaze in Rotorua. Crew ...

Tamihere, the party president, didn’t attend Tuesday’s “peace broker” meeting with iwi leaders, despite being in Wellington as it happened, and being a central player in the dispute. He also didn’t ...

It might have been Guy Fawkes Night in Auckland, but for most of the evening at Eden Park fireworks were in short supply – until Black Caps captain Mitchell Santner did his utmost to prevent a shock ...

The $2 investment involved the punter picking the first four runners to pass the winning post, Half Yours, Goodie Two Shoes, Middle Earth and River of Stars in the correct order - an extraordinary ...

CNN reports it is a UPS MD-11 plane that went down shortly after takeoff near Louisville Kentucky airport. The UPS Flight 2976 crashed just after 5pm (local time) and was headed to Daniel K. Inouye ...

Old Faithful, the four-metre saltwater crocodile made famous by Australian reptile expert Steve Irwin in the 1990s, has been relocated more than 1600km to the Irwins’ Australian Zoo, sparking debate ...

Devonte Iakopo, Lika Feterika, Vili Laungaue and George Mahoni are all members of the FITUS gang. Photo: CHRIS MCKEEN / Stuff Children played on swings and birdsong filled a small Auckland park one ...

Local media reported fire and large plumes of smoke were visible near the Louisville Muhammed Ali International Airport.