The New Zealand Geographic Board has announced the proposal to change the name of the Northland town Russell to its original ...

Former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming says he "strongly denies" any allegations he acted inappropriately in ...

The Cook Islands government has declared a dengue fever outbreak in Rarotonga. In a statement on Friday (Thursday in the Cook Islands), the ...

Devices seized from Erin Patterson's home allegedly reveal frustration with her husband's family in the months before she served them a poisonous lunch. Cutting rehabilitation beds in the new Dunedin ...

Residents and officials alike voiced their frustration with the "untenable" financial pressures expected to arise from the government’s Local Water Done Well programme, at a public meeting in ...

Former US President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an "aggressive form" of prostate cancer that has metastasized to the bone, his office said in a statement. Biden, 82, was diagnosed on Friday ...

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Christchurch modular housing company Shape Construction has gone under owing more than $1 million to creditors and leaving homes unfinished. The company went into liquidation on May 2 with Brenton ...

Four well-known Wakatipu couples married 60 years ago. Philip Chandler finds out how they came to meet and asks about their secrets to a long marriage. Heather and Trevor Gamble Married March 27, 1965 ...

Hundreds of keen young footballers showed off their skills at the annual Green Island junior seven-a-side football tournament at the Sunnyvale Sports Centre yesterday morning. Photographer Linda ...

South Island communities will have better access to urgent and after-hours healthcare as part of a nationwide investment, the Health Minister says. The government has committed to improving ...