Two people helicoptered to hospital
Three people nearly drowned at a Raglan beach this evening.
Three people nearly drowned at a Raglan beach this evening.
Sombre music rang out as the band opened the service with a tribute to Sione Taumalolo, 11, and Talita Moimoi Fifita, 33, killed in the bus crash.
A stranded English couple who had all their most valuable possessions stolen are set to head home tomorrow thanks to some helpful Kiwis.
A man reportedly tried to take the keys off a group of teens in the lead-up to a Boxing Day crash which killed three 15-year-olds in Canterbury.
When an Invercargill teen was told she couldn't have a horse, she took matters into her own hands.
It is believed thee man's motorcycle collided with a fence around 4am, killing him instantly.
Springs Junction - the tiny settlement connecting State Highways 7 and 65 - now boasts two food caravans as well as a service station and cafe both operating 24/7.
Thousands have reported feeling the "severe" 5.5 magnitude quake which rattled central New Zealand this afternoon.
Nineteen men were killed in the explosion at the mine near Runanga on January 19, 1967.
Water sampling has failed to reveal what killed hundreds of crayfish in Waikato.
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Czech embassy helping contact dead climber's family.
A shopkeeper faces charges after a New Zealand teenager said she was sexually assaulted on an educational tour of India.
New Zealand could be hit by summer's first tropical storm in the second week of January.
A new initiative is bringing inmates and their families closer together by teaching fathers how to be fathers.
Charlie Faumuina will play for French club Toulouse next year.
Police say a man shot overnight in Christchurch was targeted by two intruders.
A menacing dog was impounded yesterday, after a dog attack left a five 5-year-old with serious facial injuries. On Tuesday night
Partygoers can rejoice as dry weather is set to welcome them into the New Year.
A tiny native frog finally has a safe place to call home after a 20-year conservation battle.
A British couple who had all their most valuable belongings stolen from their campervan have traced their phone to an apartment block but can't get to it.
Watch: Five months after a crash in which he and his best mate were seriously injured, James Rolleston still struggles to do simple things.
The New Zealand dollar gained against its trans-Tasman counterpart as the prospect of a slowing Chinese economy weigh more heavily
A man has died after falling several hundred metres on to the Therma Glacier at Mt Aspiring.
The adoptive grandmother of Alan Langdon is heartbroken the Kawhia man and his 6-year-old daughter Que have not been heard from in 11 days.
The community is rallying to help the family of the little girl who was run over in Te Kauwhata on Boxing Day.
The man who was critically injured in a milk tanker crash this morning has died.
A 4-year-old boy has been seriously injured at a children's play facility in Auckland.
The funeral arrangements of two of the teenagers killed in a horror smash in the early hours of Boxing Day have been released.
Iyia Liu has made a fortune by cashing in on the latest beauty trends.