Cordons are in place at a property in the Christchurch suburb of Phillipstown following a reported assault, police say.

Tauranga City Council has approved a further $3.5 million for Mauao's landslide recovery, taking forecast operational costs ...

A large scrub fire near the Desert Road is continuing to grow, with helicopter crews and firefighters working to bring it ...

Further details of a forthcoming independent review into the care Braydon Hepworth received at the Christchurch City Mission ...

Serbia's Aleksandar Vucic has conceded defeat to a student-led protest movement in a historic election that ends his long grip on power and heralds a new political era in the Balkan country.

Canterbury have stormed back in the second half to claim the NPC rugby title, defeating the Northland Taniwha 43-24.

New Zealand golfer Ryan Fox has had a solid outing in his latest tournament, which was in Cheonan, South Korea, at the Woo ...

Hundreds of homes are without power and evacuations are underway as fire crews battle a scrub fire in the central Otago town ...

Australia vice-captain Ashleigh Gardner says cricket has provided a welcome escape during a challenging period in her ...

Houses are selling near the price vendors are asking, Realestate.co.nz says, but in some parts of the country, the method of ...

For more than a century, Vincent van Gogh's 'The Starry Night' was believed to be the result of imagination, previous drawings and memories of scenes he had seen outside his barred asylum bedroom ...

An orange heavy rain warning is in place for Grey and Buller districts, Westland, the headwaters of the Canterbury lakes and ...