The government has started consulting on draft new relationships and sexuality education guidelines for schools. The Court of Appeal has upheld the 14-year jail term handed to a Canterbury-based drug ...

Foreign Minister Winston Peters says New Zealand needs the United States as an "active" partner in the Indo-Pacific region A 13-year-old girl was brought to New Zealand and enslaved, with a ...

Bystanders came to the rescue of a police officer "in a potentially dangerous situation" in Fielding after breaking up a ...

A man who took his fight against an $80 speeding ticket all the way to the Supreme Court, and lost at nearly every turn, ...

The Shotover Gorge Trail opens today after what the Queenstown Trails Trust calls seven years of "blood, sweat and tears". With the government’s new focus on more and more visitors to boost the ...

A cyclist has died after collapsing on a popular bike track near Queenstown. Councillors say it is "not good enough" that Otago's environmental regulator still cannot pass judgement on the quality of ...

The Strath Taieri Community Board chairman says proposed hikes to development contributions in Middlemarch would be "a kick ...

Winston Peters has taken another veiled swing at the prime minister's phone call to world leaders over US tariffs. A man who ...

New Zealand glaciers have lost the equivalent of over a third of Lake Taupō in volume since 2005, updated official statistics ...

A man who took his fight against an $80 speeding ticket all the way to the Supreme Court, and lost at nearly every turn, racked up $34K in legal fees and was declared bankrupt when he couldn’t pay ...

The government is expanding the official term "veteran" to include about 100,000 more ex-soldiers, sailors and aviators, and will establish a new national day of tribute. StudyLink has processed more ...