A regional landfill operator has been given the cold shoulder by the DCC and was not approached for information while ratepayers could be stung with a $92.4m "gamble" instead, its manager says.

Andrea Vance writes a newspaper column. It is critical of the pay equity reforms which I have fast-tracked through parliament to bring about lasting, meaningful change.

A young Mexican social media influencer, known for her videos about beauty and makeup, was brazenly shot to death during a ...

Three patients have been transported to hospital in serious condition after a person was trapped in head-on crash in Dunedin ...

New Zealand has the highest suicide rate for children, a survey of wealthy countries shows. Fire crews south of Ashburton have been battling a large rural fire burning through around 14,000 hay bales ...

The arrest of a person arriving at the border last month over unpaid student loan debt is an example of Inland Revenue ...

Prime minister Christopher Luxon has accused critics of the government's pay equity shake-up of "scaremongering" and ...

An Israeli-American hostage has been released from 19 months of captivity in Gaza during a brief pause in fighting and reunited with his family, but Israeli strikes soon resumed. Multiple chickens ...

Jevon McSkimming has been on leave for four months following his suspension in December, pending a criminal investigation. The teenage boy who died after being stabbed at a Napier party at the weekend ...

A Christchurch eye surgeon who attempted to murder his former business landlord has been granted parole and will be released from prison early next month. Pornography has been found on the work ...

Wellington, May 10: The Prime Minister passed peacefully away at 5.40pm to-day. Expressions of sympathy were heard on all sides as the people learned the news. For the Roman Catholic hierarchy ...

The man killed in a single-vehicle crash near Cromwell in March has been named. He was Mitchell Douglas McLeary, 26, of Cromwell. He said the t-shirt was not gang related and just showed support for ...