New Zealand

The Professor usually shuns the limelight but he was centrestage on a glittering night for the Black Ferns at the Halberg Awards....

Why outspoken F1 superstar won't be muzzled as Mercedes deliver him a new-look car they insist is competitive....

Residents across the region are being urgently urged to conserve water with supplies such as petrol, gas and food also limited....

Zoi Sadowski-Synnott wasn't able to pick up Supreme award at the Halbergs ceremony, but her dad jokingly dropped an obligatory 'f bomb' in accepting the gong....

India have beaten West Indies by six wickets in Cape Town to keep up their winning start to the Women's T20 World Cup....

Superstitious Wellington folk will be hoping it is not true that bad things happen in threes....

Emails suggest a former public servant was involved in allegedly corrupt business dealings, but he says he doesn't remember receiving them....

OPINION: I am aware that there are a number of Aucklanders upset about the performance of their Mayor, but only 31% of them bothered to vote last year....

The humble Nissan Leaf is a great electric town-runner, but it's not exactly quick. Maybe all it needs is a little help from a motorcycle....

One person was taken to hospital and two have been arrested after a car crash in Nelson early on Thursday....

The body found in Gisborne is thought to be a result of Cyclone Gabrielle, taking the death toll to five....

Emergency services were called to a car crash in Nelson, which has left one person in serious condition....

Kelvin Taylor, who has been helping chopper crews pluck trapped people off roofs, says his son saw at least one body and is sure there will be more....

Anxious times as the extent of the destruction and loss of life caused by Cyclone Gabrielle is obscured by the desperate conditions in the worst affected areas....

Opinion: Extensive organic vegetable gardens with roving chickens, and orchards with beehives ... create a better working environment....

These graphs explain how Cyclone Gabrielle impacted six locations that were among those most badly hit by the weather....

Gabrielle gets a "last kiss" of rain in to lower North Island before it moves away....

Resist the urge to nap as this only confuses your circadian rhythms....

Out of the almost 800 applications, 632 were for rent arrears and 203 were for compensation or damages....

A round the bays road race on the same day Victoria and Massey University students move into their central city accommodation. What could possibly go wrong?...

Pensioner clambered over roofs to escape a tsunami of water but his home is now destroyed. He says he is too numb to laugh or cry. "It's bloody horrible."...

The dancers were fired after challenging the contracts for 2023 and asking for a better cut of the strip club's fees....

The owner of an iconic Taranaki convenience store will spend thousands of dollars increasing security after being targeted by thieves at the height of Cyclone Gabrielle....

After a year of pay rises and a job hunters' market, workers are now looking for jobs they will hopefully still have by the end of the year....

Cassandra Robson, her daughter and their cat had to hike through a slip, fearing the whole time the cliff was going to "impale" them....

Actor Matt Evans knows a bit about instant fame and the attention good and bad it brings....

Just a year after retiring, long-time Waimate farmer Fred Jackson is celebrating his 100th birthday and he has a bit of advice for those hoping to crack a century....

Other countries consult landslide susceptibility maps when planning buildings, but they're used infrequently here, a geology expert says....

Some tips from a trained conservator on how to give your personal belongings the best chance of survival after flood damage....

A nightmare time with council almost halted their granny flat plans. But now that Julie and Wayne Cowley have moved in, they say it was worth it....

When a cyclone bears down on the East Coast, it's not just wind and rain residents brace for....

If you want to learn how to make cheese rolls, line dance, yodel or play the ukelele, Gore is the place to be in May....

Covid-19 saw a dramatic fall in international students at Taranaki's polytech, but with travel restrictions over, the numbers are climbing back to pre-pandemic levels again....

A rapidly-growing Canterbury brewery is making its first foray outside the region, taking up residence in the former Workshop in Nelson....

Two Navy ships are headed towards cut-off communities in Hawke's Bay and Tairwhiti as responders face a "breadth of challenges"....

Timaru's Retro Rock was only ever meant to be a one-off event but when it premiered in 2018 crowd numbers were much bigger than anticipated. Now it's back for a fifth time....

Developers don't want to pay a financial contribution of 5%, while others just don't want community housing in their neighbourhood....

The Government has sanctioned more Iranian officials over support for Russia's war on Ukraine....

Under deadline, councillors declined to take it on faith that the technical submission from southern councils' staff would be in harmony with the ICC's individual submission....

Department says it is consulting with NEMA and assessing 'community sentiment'....

High Court hears allegations of misleading conduct by ticket resale platform....

Pressure is mounting on the council to come out against Christchurch Airport's "senseless" plans to build a new airport in Central Otago....

The regional council says there'll be no major changes to its plans, but some projects will be "scaled back, delayed or deferred" as it tries to limit rates rises....

Cyclone Gabrielle kept them indoors on Monday and Tuesday, but they took to the grass on Wednesday ahead of matches against Portugal and Argentina....

Riders of all ages and abilities will be strapping on the lycra and hitting the roads around South Canterbury over the next three days for a charity ride that "is quite addictive"....

An Auckland family had to be rescued from the flames using a neighbour's ladder, now a 19-year-old man is charged with wilfully setting a fire....

Isaac West used to think he was bulletproof that was until he almost lost his leg after falling 15 metres and crashing into a snow-making machine while skiing....

Dave van Zwanenberg has been missing since a slip brought a house down in Muriwai on Monday night. A body has now been recovered in the search area....

Behind the wheel of the car Opel hopes will launch its brand down under....

"You ruined my teenage years and I'm not going to let you ruin the rest of my life," one victim told the man in court....