A New Plymouth man assaulted outside a local rugby club has died. Daniel Nganeko, 37, was punched in the head in what police say was an unprovoked attack outside the Tukapa clubrooms in Gladstone Rd ...

The missing tramper left a note and police pinpointed his phone to a clearing, but there has been no sign of the West Coast man.

A powerful and damaging 8.8 quake has struck off Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, generating a tsunami of up to 4 metres and ...

An 84-year-old driver shot out of a Mosgiel car wash and slammed into a lamppost after getting his foot caught on the accelerator, police say.

Dunedin nurses have been reduced to tears by the stress of working long shifts to cover staff shortages. About 200 people picketed outside ...

Bev Priestman, who was banned for her role in drone spying scandal at the Paris Olympics, has been named as head coach of the Phoenix women's team.

The tracking feature on a pair of stolen earbuds led police to a man wanted for two burglaries in Dunedin’s student quarter. Senior ...

Business magnate, entrepreneur and philanthropist Sir Michael Hill has been remembered as a "great visionary" after his death at the age of 86 ...

After the death of a two-month-old baby who was allegedly given an adult medication dosage, an experienced Christchurch pharmacy owner has ...

There are traffic delays around Auckland Airport after a fatal three-vehicle crash early today. Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Fenz) ...

More than 36,000 nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants are set to walk off the job for 24 hours today, over deadlocked contract negotiations.

The government is set to repeal the oil and gas ban this week, after a significant 11th-hour change handing discretionary powers to two ministers.