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

Volunteers are grappling with environmental havoc across more than 56 kilometres of coastline after at least 3700 tons of ...

Dan Slevin reviews three new films arriving in cinemas for the summer holidays. Mufasa: The Lion King is a prequel about the ...

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

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

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

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

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

A treatment plant supplying drinking water for about one-fifth of the Wellington region has been switched off following the ...

Fire and Emergency is warning holidaymakers to have a plan and be prepared in case of a wildfire when travelling around the ...

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