The challenges of NCEA
A crisis-ridden exam season has raised new concerns about some of the unintended by-products of the National Certificate of Educational
A crisis-ridden exam season has raised new concerns about some of the unintended by-products of the National Certificate of Educational
The Privacy Commissioner has found a photography business misled a mother "about almost everything" in using photos of her young children
A Northland man has been charged with lighting 10 fires in the Kaipara area that have destroyed areas of conservation land and a forest
A Whanganui fraudster was sent to jail on Tuesday. Gregory Hina pleaded guilty in Whanganui District Court to two charges of accessing
Neighbours of Whitianga residents who lost their homes in this week's bush fires have been rallying around - donating food, clothing and time to support the recovery effort. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
An unconventional cafe on Napier's Marine Parade has drawn criticism after petanque players found the Napier City Council consented
The driver of a vehicle that flipped on State Highway 2 had fallen asleep behind the wheel, endangering their own and other road users' lives, police say.
Talented teen hockey player Olivia Ward is from a small school in Hawke's Bay where there are only 39 girls in her entire year group
Auckland and Northland are about to get much-needed rain with a line of thunderstorms off the coast of the North Island.
The Manakau Hotel's operators have had their licence renewed for three years to continue selling alcohol, but with an earlier closing
Gliding down the steady flow of the Waikanae River, Amanda Gibbons watched from her raft as her son followed closely behind on an
A scrub fire north of Kaitaia is believed to have been started by a preschool child playing with matches.
Prominent Maori broadcaster Kingi Ihaka dies aged 74.
David Wade says building a shipping container house requires living outside the box as well as thinking outside the box. The Fonterra
Residents in parts of the country have been warned to brace for widespread flooding, slips and fast-rising rivers as the mid-week weather system hits.
A Far North businessman faces an anxious wait to hear whether he may be prosecuted for removing sand from a picturesque beach. The
Police are once again urging drivers to buckle up after a crash in which a young woman was thrown through a car window after failing
Sprinklers, unattended hoses and automatic irrigation systems have been banned on all properties connected to Far North District Council
Priti Patel and husband Hitesh were pretty excited when they discovered they'd sold a winning First Division Lotto ticket - but it's
Weather forecasters predicted it would be a sizzling Sunday afternoon in Northland and they were right, with the mercury hitting
Most of those injured in yesterday's Tongariro National Park bus crash have been discharged from hospital, tour boss says.
The National Park fire chief has described the scene of this morning's Tongariro National Park bus crash.
Multiple severe weather warnings and watches were issued yesterday as a cold front looks set to put a dampener on summer.
A stretch of Northland's east coast is out of bounds for gathering or eating shellfish due to dangerous levels of toxins found in samples.
Two members of a Whangarei 'cannabis club' facing drugs charges will have to convince a District Court judge next week to release
Billy Turner waited until after he'd been for a 20-minute swim with a 2.7m shark at Pauanui to tell his mother what he'd done.
Northland's reputation as the winterless North looks set to remain with the region the hottest in the country last year, for the fifth
A 22-year-old Whangarei man will appear in court in relation to an assault that has left another man fighting for his life in hospital.
A Ngapuhi kaumatua says the Prime Minister should not "run away" from Waitangi Day commemorations.
A Kaitaia couple will be forever grateful that their two-year-old daughter did not lose her life when she fell into an adult public pool.