A minute's silence is to be observed on Monday at 2.11pm to honour the victims of the Whakaari / White Island eruption.... Read more

A six-year-old boy walked nearly 2km early this morning to get help for his mother, after their vehicle crashed into a river on the West Coast.... Read more

The government is moving to fast-track billions in funding for rail investments in a change that is being hailed as historic.... Read more

New Zealand will contribute $1 million to an international fund to tackle measles in the Pacific, Foreign Minister Winston Peters has announced.... Read more

A 16-year-old girl has died in hospital overnight, the second person to die from a crash on Summit Road in Christchurch more than two weeks ago.... Read more

MetService is warning of a return to rough weather next week - caused by a deep low forming in the Tasman Sea.... Read more

The death of Sir Peter Snell has prompted an outpouring of tributes and farewells to a titan of New Zealand sports history.... Read more

Stratford's mayor says businesses on the central North Island's Forgotten Highway will be breathing a sigh of relief with reopening of the road.... Read more