The Independent Police Conduct Authority has cleared police in two incidents but found an officer's actions in a Waikato "undesirable".

Dimmer and former Straitjacket Fits frontman Shayne Carter is dusting off his older material and taking it on the road.

TVNZ's Good Morning show will cease filming at its Lower Hutt studios from the end of this year.

New Zealanders who do not have enough access to nutritious and affordable food have higher levels of distress.

A popular baseball cap may be the key to finding a man who repeatedly stabbed a Wellington taxi driver, police say.

Police hope a hat left by a man who stabbed a Wellington taxi driver a week ago may help identify the offender.

Police say a "person of interest" in the brutal murder of a Wellington heavy metal band member died a few weeks after the killing.

The son of former Wellington mayor Kerry Prendergast has passed away this morning 10 days after being seriously injured in a riding accident.

Three of the five Rugby World Cup pool matches that were to have been held in Christchurch will remain in the South Island, it was announced this afternoon.

A Wellington taxi driver repeatedly stabbed at the weekend is still in shock and struggling emotionally, a relative says.

A Wellington taxi driver remains in hospital in a stable condition after being stabbed in Wellington in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Minuit's frontwoman launches a new project, her début book. By Paula Yeoman.

She's a Samoan-born Wellingtonian but she's holding her own on a British food show. Introducing chef Monica Galetti.

Concern for animal well-being is the reason Maureen and Dick Boyd set up a cattery at Te Horo, about 60km north of Wellington.