Busy Christmas period for rescue chopper crews
The two Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopters have been kept busy over the Christmas period.
The two Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopters have been kept busy over the Christmas period.
A high-risk child sex offender in custody after admitting cutting off his electronic monitoring tag and going on the run.
A rich-lister's son who made headlines for punching a police officer unconscious has finished second in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.
A woman has been charged with murder after a man died in Christchurch on Christmas Day.
Demolition of the Reading Cinema carpark building will begin next week.
Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei reveals her first job.
Auckland's mayor has said he's open to building a pontoon-like structure whose consent was put on hold by the council earlier this month.
Israel bars Kiwi ambassador from entering the country in further fallout from the UN Security Council's resolution to condemn settlements in occupied territories.
Police are looking for a white van involved in a hit and run which landed a man in hospital on Christmas Eve.
In a post started by How To Dad, hundreds of fathers have taken to Facebook to share their Face Swapped selfies with their babies.
The disappearance of a father and daughter who set sail in a small catamaran 10 days ago is "very upsetting" for the family's local community.
Locals were unable to save whale that repeatedly stranded on popular beach.
Give yourselves up, heartbroken family pleads of killers of "cherished, kind" niece and daughter.
Three young teenagers died in a high-speed car crash when their vehicle, driven by a 14-year-old, slammed into a tree.
The annual road toll has exceeded last year's grim total with four days before the period ends
A teen killed alongside two young friends in a "preventable" early morning crash has been remembered in an emotional tribute urging other drivers to take care.
COMMENT: I reckon a little less spent on self, and more on others is the better Christmas spirit. Maybe that's a New Year resolution.
NZ Post pays out hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash compensation each year to customers whose mail goes missing.
It was a beautiful Boxing Day to be outside but the lure of heavy discounts was too strong thousands who paced the malls on the hunt for a bargain.
The Boxing Day races are back for another year, with clouds making way for a sunny day of bubbles and horses.
The holiday road toll now stands at seven since Friday afternoon.
State Highway 2 between Gisborne and Wairoa will be closed at some point over the next two days to investigate at fatal bus crash.
Not even 24 hours after Kiwis unwrapped their annual Christmas haul, almost 8,000 unwanted prezzies are being hawked off online.
Her smile always made him happy, says the widower of Gisborne bus crash victim.
Don't let the morning cloud fool you - it is set to be a fine Boxing Day for New Zealanders, with Central Otago tipped as the best place to be.
Carving, planing and knocking in. With the summer of cricket upon us, James Laver demonstrates the craft that goes into a hand-made cricket bat. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Queenstown and Wanaka are expected to be the hottest.
The two people killed in the Christmas Eve bus crash near Gisborne last night have been named, as the driver of the bus says the brakes failed.
Auckland City Missioner Chris Farrelly says it took a massive effort to put together New Zealand's largest Christmas lunch.
Christian leaders around the country have wished the country and their congregations well this Christmas by sharing festive season messages.