The woman who would replace David Garrett should he leave Parliament says she "unreservedly" backs Act leader Rodney Hide.

No less than 18 All Blacks are about to start filtering back into the national provincial championship.

Ross Allan says his children are distraught after their $1000 Abyssinian moggy was shot dead by a neighbour who thought it was feral.

Tests revealing faultlines along the proposed route of a hydro-electric tunnel on Canterbury's Waitaki River have sparked a redesign of the power project.

Katie-maree Coleman is a young Auckland designer on her way up.

In what could be a first for NZ, a council is looking to sell subsidised cloth nappies from its front desk.

Oamaru's red waterfront sheds have a story to tell, writes Don Donovan.

Impact-absorbent tiles could become a safety feature in rest homes.

Police and Fire Safety officers are investigating after a body was found in a burnt-out campervan in the South Island this morning.

A runaway truck rolled down a hill and fatally pinned a 62-year-old against another truck in a tragedy that has shocked a small community.

A 62-year-old Dunedin man has died in a "tragic accident" after being pinned between two trucks as he talked to their drivers this morning.