Dixon Handshaw thought he was an only child for most of his life. But decades after being adopted, the 75-year-old learned he ...

A dozen inmates at Waikeria Prison in Waikato will be charged with misconduct, after being found to have consumed homebrew on ...

A child has died after being struck by a vehicle in a driveway in Masterton. Police said a crash occurred on Atkinson Street ...

A Dunedin man with a learning disability is spending Christmas Day cooped up inside a motel, as the date to move back into ...

The Department of Conservation (DoC) is alerting swimmers to look out for great white sharks after sightings in the Kawhia ...

The King will deliver his annual Christmas message from a former hospital chapel. New Zealand is the first country in the ...

Fiji police say those living in flood-prone areas in the Western Division should move to higher ground due to flooding.

Some butchers say Christmas ham and chicken are among some of the best-selling meats this holiday season, as New Zealanders ...

Buddhika Rajapakse, who is based in Auckland, has received two letters from BP telling him he's driven off from a petrol ...

Retail NZ's chief executive said she is unsurprised by the continued decline on retail spending during Christmas, which she ...

In one of the worst natural disasters Australia has ever seen, at least 66 people died and hundreds more were injured when ...

President-elect Donald Trump said he will direct the Department of Justice to "vigorously pursue the death penalty" after ...