Three people have been taken into police custody following reports that a person was threatened with a firearm in the Wellington settlement of Makara. The police said there are no reports of any ...

Mayor Tory Whanau spoke to a packed out crowd at the Waitangi Day festival at Waitangi Park in Wellington, calling for the government to shelve the Treaty Principles Bill, and to put a stop to the ...

The West Coast Regional Council is defending its latest increase in staff numbers – saying it now needs to hire fewer ...

Australia’s favourite indie-rock duo Old Mervs are hitting the road to celebrate the release of their debut self-titled album ...

It’s startling to learn that Wellington Water has made another request to the Wellington City Council for more money. RNZ reports that it has asked for an extra $37.5m over the next three years.

One northbound lane in Transmission Gully was closed for more than two hours after a crash this morning. The crash was reported at 10.45.

The search continues today for a Kapiti man who disappeared on Monday while trying to cross Cook Strait from the top of the South Island on a jetski. Coastguards from Marlborough and Mana are ...

A man was seriously injured during a street brawl in Wainuiomata last night. About 10pm, Police were called to a car park on The Strand after a report of people fighting. Those involved left in ...

Mike Pero is looking forward to returning to the Timaru circuit where his motorcycle racing career began, way back in the mid-1970s. “It all started for me when I turned up at Levels in ...

RNZ Online Waitangi day is a non-working day just like any other public holiday – so if you’re working on the day (as regularly rostered), you’re entitled to time-and-a-half ...

Melanie Earley, Senior journalist A Coromandel man accused of murdering a pig hunter and attempting to murder another has been granted bail until his trial in 2027, his lawyer says. Stuart ...

Some 75 highly skilled science staff at Callaghan Innovation are being left high and dry and without a job by the Government’s decision to axe funding for Callaghan Innovation in June it has ...