Auckland commuters can groan in agreement with a report that reveals the city has the worst travel times and reliability in Australia and New Zealand.

The death of a 13-year-old Brisbane boy in a choking "game" has sparked warnings for parents to educate their children about the dangers of the online craze.

Footage of a deadly brown snake eating a carpet python in Australia has proved popular internet viewing.

Raonic, who upset Roger Federer in the 2016 final, is top seed this week.

A Queensland woman who accidentally ran over her infant son at a funeral south of Brisbane is unlikely to be charged, police say.

60 Minutes mum Sally Faulkner has posted an image of her daughter Lahela that she found on Facebook.

Gable Tostee has taken to Facebook to comment on the Queensland coroner reopening the investigation into Warriena Wright's death.

Australia has been battling the invasive South American fire ants for 15 years, but have so far failed to stop the vicious and aggressive insects.

A pregnant Auckland woman is set to become the first Kiwi to have in-utero surgery to reduce the severity of spina bifida in her child.

Missing Dunedin woman Alice Tocher has been found and is in a Brisbane hospital, her father has confirmed.

The remains were discovered today in a "plumbing pit" at the back of a property in Brighton in Brisbane's north.

The passport of a missing Dunedin Mother-of-three Alice Tocher has been found in Brisbane.

A Dunedin mother-of-three missing since Thursday last week is in Australia, police have confirmed.

Lisa Skinner, 35, a three-time Olympian fell four to five metres from rings during a Sunday afternoon show.

A New Zealand man accused of pushing a driver in front of an oncoming garbage truck during a roadside argument will now stand trial for manslaughter.

The partying hasn't stopped for Michael Atkins as Australian police halt their search for the remains of Matthew Leveson.

Brisbane man who stabbed a woman 11 times had a history of abusing women.

Before Australian Paul Lambert stabbed and tried to burn a woman he met on Tinder he had been deported from the US for stalking another woman.

The 34-year-old developer, who has become the youngest new entrant to BRW's Rich List, began with a humble gym when he was just 19.

The taxi driver who bashed down the back door of a bus as it burst into flames has given a detailed account of what happened next.

A "cluster of detectives grabbed my phone" after she was suspected of live tweeting details of the case from court in Brisbane.

Gable Tostee's acquittal over the balcony fall death of Wellington woman Warriena Wright was almost scuttled by an Instagram post.

The man accused of murdering Kiwi woman Warriena Wright during a Tinder date on the Gold Coast has arrived in court to await the jury's verdict.

The jury in the murder trial of Gable Tostee is entering its fourth day of deliberations after asking a further question of the judge.

The jury in the Gable Tostee trial have ended a third day of deliberations without a verdict.

The judge has sent home the jury in the Gable Tostee case after it failed to reach a verdict. Deliberations will enter a third day.

Judge tells jury they should not take Gable Tostee's conduct after Warriena Wright's death into consideration.

Brodie Soster was visiting family in New Zealand when she was forced to deliver her baby at 25 weeks to save both of their lives.

The final moments of New Zealander Warriena Wright will continue to be heard today by the jury in the murder trial of Gable Tostee.

Ellie Hutchinson stays at the Brisbane Riverview Hotel.