Twelve Thai boys and their football coach were found miraculously alive in a cave complex by two British divers after surviving for nine days inside a 9.6km-long cave complex.

Queues down the main street and up to half-hour waits at the Gull in Titirangi; the cheapest petrol station in Auckland.

A crowd of around 350 people is gathering on New Plymouth's Ngāmotu Beach, waiting for transtasman kayaker Scott Donaldson to arrive on his record-breaking solo journey.

Petrol companies expect over-the-border fuel sales to increase.

Tourism New Zealand's 100% Pure campaign came under fire from international media who claimed that it misrepresented the country's environmental record.

Education Minister Chris Hipkins speaks on the prospect of PPTA teacher's strikes and what pay rise the government might be prepared to pay them. / Video by Mark Mitchell

"Lots of my friends told me not to do it. Even my mum said don't do it," says Hayes.

National Leader Simon Bridges announces that National MP Jami-Lee Ross has taken a break from Parliament for 'personal health issues'.

Sam Hayes has been crowned the champion of Dancing with the Stars New Zealand, after an intense two-hour grand final.

Joshua Williams said he didn't plan the theft, he simply saw the toes and took them.

Newspaper where five killed has received emails celebrating killing of five journalists.

COMMENT: Helicopter complaints are elitist, arrogant tosh that perpetuate stereotypes.

Ani Nohinohi is thought to be unaware about the deaths of her daughters and partner.

NZ's top road cop's plea to motorists as the carnage on our roads continues to soar.

Four people who died on the Thunder River Rapids were failed by Dreamworld executives.

New NZ Superfund chief executive Matt Whineray on how he manages $40 billion of our money.

Two giant Auckland malls are expanding simultaneously.

Let's revisit that conversation about "civility".

COMMENT: Rises will hurt but not as much as some say - and let's improve public transport.

'They won't be happy about it but they will suck it up.'

New NZ Super Fund CEO Matt Whineray on market turmoil, ethical investing and "that" light rail investment.

Police say the alleged gunman used smoke grenades when entering the Capital Gazette before blasting his way into the newsroom, looking for his victims.

Big changes are coming to Auckland's malls.

One word keeps popping up as Dreamworld's incompetence is laid bare.

A hospital patient with a drain in her chest was told by a nurse to don a rubber glove and use a sanitary wipe to clean a toilet smeared with blood and faeces.

Ever fancied a beer made with crickets, milk, or even belly button lint?

Chef Al Brown joins hands-on food education programme designed to change the way children eat.

Man who allegedly killed five people in a US newsroom had grudge against the publication.

We ask GABS Founder Steve Jeffares if beer producers have crossed the line from creative, to just plain gross.

A powerful earthquake rocked the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Friday, triggering a 3m tall tsunami that an official said swept away houses in at least two cities.