Australia finished marginally on top at the end of a chaotic opening day of the fourth Ashes test, after an extraordinary 20 wickets fell in ...

Dunedin police have thanked the public for their help in arresting two people after a "cowardly attack" on a taxi driver on Christmas Day. In ...

The Commerce Commission has competition concerns about a takeover that would bring the country’s two biggest carpet manufacturers under a ...

Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie have attended the royal family's traditional Christmas Day church service, while their father Andrew, ...

A body has been found at Piha Beach after a police helicopter joined a search for a person swept away. A person was reported to have been ...

A person of interest has been named as police investigate a suspected arson attack on a car donning a celebratory Hanukkah sign, parked outside ...

The United States carried out an airstrike against Islamic State militants in northwest Nigeria at the request of Nigeria's government.

Pope Leo has decried conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in his Christmas sermon, in an unusually direct appeal.

Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including size of Parliament, cultural bonds and hydro spills. How large a rabble do ...

A police dog seriously injured after falling into scalding geothermal water is finally getting to enjoy retirement after months of recovery - ...

Rockfall has been causing disruption on the roads around Arthur's Pass between Canterbury and the West Coast. Fire and Emergency said it ...

A fire destroyed a home and left one person injured in the Christchurch suburb of Mairehau on Christmas Eve. Up to four crews were called to ...