Scientists will reconstruct more than 20,000 years of NZ's ecological history to better understand how our species will respond to climate change.

Ultra-sensitive fibre-optic sensors extending nearly a kilometre below the Southern Alps will transform what we know about one of the biggest earthquake threats facing New Zealand.

Squally thunderstorms and heavy rain are forecast to hit the North Island overnight, with a severe weather watch in place.

The majesty of the skies above Tekapo is captivating, writes Sarah Daniell.

The man who helped spear-head the crowd-funding purchase of Awaroa Inlet for all Kiwis is hoping another slice of paradise will remain in NZ hands.

A passenger has described the dramatic scenes when a bomb threat was made against a plane from Palmerston North to Christchurch this afternoon.

As a high school drop-out and teenage parent, Dunedin 19-year-old Ryan Jones has not followed the most conventional path to politics.

A person is trapped after a three-car crash in Christchurch.

A man who led police on a dangerous 50km rampage through roadblocks, road works, a golf course and private houses has been jailed for three years.

Guy Fawkes can go off with a bang in dry skies tomorrow. Despite a showery start to the weekend for the whole country, the weather

Fifteen-year-old John did what he says he has done many times before. He broke into a car and stole it. He explains why.

From next year, all Selwyn House School pupils from the pre-school to Year 8 will be taught mechatronics.

A motorcyclist who went under a milk tanker that caught fire in a crash near Ashburton this afternoon has died.

Tourist drank a bottle of vodka before throwing punches, biting a man and abusing and assaulting police in eight-hour Queenstown rampage.

A blaze which killed a man at a block of flats in Invercargill does not appear to be suspicious, a Fire Service authority says.

The United States and Canada were New Zealand's biggest foreign investors over the last three years.

A Kiwi flight attendant has been injured after a severe bout of turbulence on an Air New Zealand plane.

Thirty patients suffered partial sight loss because of eye clinic delays at two hospitals

It was a wild day of weather for the upper North Island yesterday, but what will today bring?

It's been a disappointing season for sheep farmers but shareholders in Alliance Group - the country's biggest sheep meat processor - to look forward to.

25-year-old Adam Kearns is the son of Helen Milner, who is serving a life sentence for the murder of her husband in 2009.

Top criminal defence lawyer Steven Rollo has appeared in the Christchurch District Court today on methamphetamine charges.

An elderly man was taken to hospital in a moderate condition this afternoon after a two-car crash near Timaru. The crash happened

Thunder storms dropping hail up to the size of 20c coins are hammering parts of Auckland.

A man has been injured after the chopper he was in crashed outside Wanaka.

Bids for a yellow Mini for sale on TradeMe which stars in a remake of the classic Kiwi film Goodbye Pork Pie have reached nearly $25,000.

A pair of best friends who split at $12.3 million Big Wednesday win last year have some advice for tonight's potential jackpot winner.

An unseasonable cold snap will be felt in much of the country over the weekend as a front moves over the North Island.

The incident in January was investigated, but in September police said no charges would be laid against the officers as there was "insufficient evidence".

Meridian chief executive Mark Binns says he wants to see the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter stay, "but not at any cost".