High-ranking Fijian government ministers have formally approved plans for the establishment of resident embassies for Israel ...

A United States Coast Guard icebreaker has sailed into Wellington harbour after working with New Zealand in Antarctica. The USGC Polar Star, celebrating its 50th year of service, has operated in ...

Caption:It's the third year in a row New Zealand has ranked outside the top 10 in the World Happiness Report. Photo credit:123rf.com Finland has once again been named the happiest country in the world ...

Papua New Guinea's inclusion mean there are now five Pacific nations inlcuded in the Trump administration's visa bond pgramme targeting overstayers.

MetService says low cloud disrupting flights in the capital is already starting to lift. Wellington airport said 12 flights had been cancelled and a further 10 delayed on Friday morning. An airport ...

Queenstown Lakes District councillors agreed to lodge a 35-year resource consent application for discharge from the Shotover Wastewater Treatment Plant.

New Zealand went big trying to fix a similar problem in the '70s, and much of it proved expensive and ineffective.

Multidisciplinary artist Brian House investigates sounds which are below the typical human hearing range - known as infrasound. These sound waves are at frequencies below 20hz and are transmitted by ...

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A Glendowie resident disputes her property is flood prone despite it being designated as such on Auckland Council's online maps. Stephanie Burgess noticed part of her property was designated 'flood ...

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