Oysters thrown on concrete, slurped off a belly button and sucked from the toe of a shoe. These are some of the ways oysters were

The vendors, who are retiring, established the corrugated iron theme for the Waikato town.

It should be a fine Labour weekend for most Kiwis, with a high set to arrive on Saturday.

Police today confirmed the identity of the remains as Palmiro MacDonald, who was last seen in Levin on March 23.

Rachael Beardsall says she and her partner have had to go without to ensure their three children do not starve. So when she heard

An elderly woman was lucky to escape serious injury yesterday when her car was hit from behind.

Shocked family members have gathered in mourning after a woman died in a car that crashed down a driveway in West Auckland.

It used to be the thing of the old Western movies where the rancher combating rustlers stealing his stock. But similar scenarios are

Fissure, a new kiwi chick, hatched despite a huge hole in its egg, after staff patched the egg up with masking tape.

Cigarette thieves who raided a Bay of Islands dairy are thought to be the same offenders who rammed a pursuing police car after drawing

Median weekly earnings in Hawke's Bay are surging ahead of other North Island regions.

A Taharoa teenager killed after the quad bike she was on crashed, also seriously injuring her passenger, was a safe driver, locals say.

As a child, he told people he was run over by a trailer rather than admit to having a disability. But last week, in front of friends

Lobby groups opposed to offshore oil drilling feel they influenced Statoil's decision to pull out of the Reinga Basin - but the Government

The weekend's freak storm in Napier and Hastings - when hail fell, and blue skies darkened - could herald a turbulent week ahead

The Waikato dairy farmer who found a security camera in his milking shed says he thinks students or "greenies" are behind it.

A person had to be cut from their wrecked car after a collision north of Wellington this morning.

Cross your fingers and toes that a tentative forecast for a warm Labour Weekend comes true.

Northland MP Winston Peters has cited a Whangarei business as just one example of immigrants ignoring New Zealand's employment laws

A dead cattle or dairy beast may have been lying metres upstream from a popular Ngunguru swimming hole for two weeks before the stench

About 100 seasonal workers at Moerewa's Affco freezing works who had terms of their employment contract altered will seek tens of

The annual race is encouraging high school students to take on engineering as a subject. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

IN THE GROOVE: Thousands of revellers packed in front of a sound stage on Mount Main Beach to welcome in the New Year. PHOTO/FILE

Ani Tamaki says while one school lunch might not seem like much, it can mean a lot for those who are struggling to afford food for

While they look more like a discarded party dress than a toxic bomb, beachgoers are being warned not to go poking around underneath these jellyfish.

Heartfelt Facebook messages, donations and gifts from around the country have been flooding in for the elderly victim of a daylight robbery.

Tauranga job listings have seen a huge spike in the past three months and businesses are struggling to fill vacancies - with one employer

Students from an Auckland high school have been captured on video fighting - as teachers stand nearby.

Neighbour says Clare Bremner had "big concerns" about her son Ross two weeks before she was killed.

Source: YouTube: 100% Pure New Zealand. Master carver Matahi Whakataka-Brightwell shares the story behind New Zealand's remarkable Mine Bay Māori Rock Carvings.