A New Zealand man who survived years of sexual abuse as a child is walking from Cape Reinga to the Beehive to present a petition calling for tougher penalties for sex offenders. Sam Troth has ...

Dominique McShain, the courageous 21-year-old Christchurch woman, who touched hundreds of thousands around the world with her raw honesty and unwavering grace, has died. Diagnosed with colorectal ...

Infrastructure New Zealand and Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) are urging the Government to ask New Zealanders a straightforward question: should both central and local government move to fixed ...

A boil water notice remains in place for the greater Greymouth area, as the Grey District Council continues to investigate the cause of the recent contamination. Council officials said they are in ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff who reshaped the Catholic Church with his outspoken advocacy for the poor and marginalised, has died at the age of 88, the Vatican has confirmed. His ...

World War I battlefield remains unearthed by wildfires and rain on the Gallipoli Peninsula have been respectfully covered by a small New Zealand team ahead of Anzac Day commemorations. Members of the ...

Night works will begin on Sunday to install traffic signals at the intersection of Main South, Riccarton and Yaldhurst Roads in Christchurch. The four-week project involves signalising the ...

Two people have died in separate crashes in North Canterbury on Tuesday afternoon. Emergency services were first called to a serious crash on State Highway 7 near Culverden just after 3PM. One person ...

Two young men have been arrested after a firearm was discharged dangerously close to a house in rural Cheviot during an alleged illegal hunting incident. Police were called in the early hours of 29 ...

A serious crash has closed Charles Upham Drive in Rangiora this morning. Police said they received a report of a single-vehicle crash near Oxford Road just after 7am. Initial reports suggested there ...

The family of Kory-Dean Wirihana says they’re holding onto faith as the search continues for the 36-year-old, who disappeared after checking in for a domestic flight at Auckland Airport. “Although ...

The family of a missing Christchurch woman is asking the public for help. Fifty-year-old Rochelle Tabak, also known as Rochelle Fleming, has been missing since Wednesday afternoon. She was last seen ...