Bats dropped dead from trees and roads melted as country sweltered in unprecedented heat.

Heatwave has toppled an 80-year record - and it won't be the last today.

While NZ is getting drenched, Australia is bracing for heatwaves not seen since the 1930s.

Australian airlines enforce a crackdown on oversized baggage this week.

Woman sued boss for racial discrimination but tribunal found for employer.

Auckland launched stadium golf tournament in 2017 and now the Aussies have done the same.

Australia-NZ Ministerial Forum votes in favour of mandatory warning labels for alcohol

Her body wrapped in intriguing clues, Lina Marciano's death remains unsolved.

Colt incest family would flee states overnight to avoid police arrest over child abuse.

They might usually do the tailing but these officers - in a tiny boat - had a role change.

Retailers post deals on unsold food, otherwise destined for the bin, just before closing.

Woman fears she is losing the battle with a "hairy" plague has overtaken her backyard.

Convicted criminal was savagely raped at 12yo, now he's denied survivors compensation.

Man's wife, family spent two hours trying to revive him after fatal lightning strike

Departing broadcaster spans generation of revolution in radio.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk beat self-imposed deadline to have the battery farm ready in 100 days.

Australian woman on trial for murder is accused of "bizarrely" licking bloodied knife.

South Australia's dynamic festival is worth a visit, writes Caroline Berdon.

There are claims that accused drug smuggler Cassie Sainsbury was fleeing a sizeable debt.

Stephanie Holmes checks into a swanky suite in the heart of wine country.

Once known as the "city of churches", Adelaide has now well and truly relaxed.

GRAPHIC CONTENT: Derek Percy had a dark secret hidden in a storage facility.

Brazilian backpacker tells court man sliced off her bikini and tried to rape her.

Kangaroo Island is naturally superb, writes Leah McLennan.

Veteran Aussie Brad Hodges has joined the chorus of disapproval calling Brendon McCullum's ban "a mockery".

A "sadistic" father who tortured, terrorised and sexually abused four children at a remote South Australian property has been jailed for up to 25 years.

Jasmine White's body was discovered in South Australia in a crushed car with catastrophic injuries but now there are claims she was dead before the crash.

Air New Zealand is launching a raid into its Australian rivals' home patch targeting the long haul market across the Pacific.

Thunder storms and torrential rain are dousing the upper North Island as the tail-end of a storm makes its presence felt on this side of Tasman.

A freak accident at an airport in Australia has killed a pilot and left two light aircraft damaged.