The 2026 Melbourne Cup, referred to as the “Race that Stops a Nation”, is one of Australia’s most anticipated sports events.

People begging, preaching, busking or seeking donations in Kaipara’s public places could face council intervention if their behaviour intimidates, alarms or harms others under a draft bylaw update.

A manhunt is underway after two men entered a West Auckland home and seriously assaulted two of its occupants. Emergency ...

Nominations have opened for the 2027 Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year award, with the winner set to receive a fully funded scholarship to the Kellogg Rural Leadership Programme. Dairy Women’s Network ...

A Bay of Plenty police officer was justified in firing 14 shots at a fleeing offender during a tense confrontation near Rotorua, the Independent Police Conduct Authority says. The findings were ...

US President Donald Trump turned his troubled renovation of Washington’s Reflecting Pool into a final midterm election campaign pitch on Monday, as forecasts pointed to sweeping Democratic gains that ...