Surf Lifesaving conducted 10 rescues on Boxing Day compared to one on Christmas Day. Waihi Beach was temporarily closed after a shark sighting near the flagged area, and there were also several ...

Rates of ADHD in New Zealand are estimated on OECD figures, but spokesperson Darrin Bull says a more accurate country wide database would enable better support. He says children should be screened at ...

Police were alerted to a fight in the Waikato town's Waipa Esplanade, and the woman was later taken to a nearby ambulance station to have critical injuries treated. She died before she could be ...

Crews were called to the fire shortly after 1:45 this afternoon, with reports of a fire ripping through a 200-by-30-metre area of grass next to the motorway. No injuries were reported. A local medical ...

Here's what is known about the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash ...

The men's bodies returned to shore this morning after they died aboard Flying Fish Arctos and Bowline as the famous race had its first fatalities in more than 25 years. Another man injured his ...

Police were alerted to several injured people fighting on the Waipa Esplanade, near the intersection with Newton Street. Several minutes later, a person was taken to an ambulance station on Jordan ...

Police have confirmed fugitive Damon Anderson is still at large, after escaping out the eight floor window of Waikato Hospital, shimmying down a pipe half naked, before running into the city.

Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has dismissed MP Lynda Tabuya as a minister after an explicit video of her circulated online. Ms Tabuya has said the private video was meant for her husband, and ...

New South Wales police have revealed more details into the deaths of two sailors, A 55-year-old Western Australian man on Flying Fish Arctos, and a 65-year-old South Australian man on Bowline, were ...

Last year the 44-year-old became just the eighth jockey to record 2000 wins in New Zealand. Bosson's most memorable race was winning the Caulfield Cup on Mongolian Khan The Officer of the New Zealand ...

There are no Boxing Day gifts for Ange Postecoglou as Spurs lose again, while Manchester United concedes a second "Olimpico" in a week, and Chelsea blows a late lead against Fulham to hand the ...