Peter Jackson has released the first production video from the set of The Hobbit movies now filming in New Zealand.

New Zealanders who risked their lives to save others have been recognised at the New Zealand Search and Rescue Awards.

Funny man Greg Proops is heading our way soon to "poison everyone with my opinions". He talks to Barney McDonald about the importance of laughter in bad times.

Prime Minister John Key said at his post cabinet press conference today that the Government was still committed to closing the wage gap with Australia.

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.