Fire officials are warning that response times to fires could take longer than usual tomorrow as career firefighters across the country go on strike.

A federal judge in Montana has thrown out a lawsuit by youth activists seeking to block US President Donald Trump’s pro-fossil fuel energy policies.

The overseas investment offer to rescue red meat processor Alliance Group has got even sweeter. Irish company Dawn Meats has increased its ...

It has been a bumper season for toroa/northern royal albatross this season, as the last of the chicks has set off from Pukekura/Taiaroa Head on ...

Police say the circumstances of a six-vehicle nose-to-tail crash on State Highway 1 in Canterbury last week remain under investigation.

Residents in a Waikato town are having their sleep disturbed by midnight explosions. Mystery surrounds what could be causing the noise waking many residents of Cambridge. Like many on her street, ...

Environment Canterbury voters have re-elected incumbents Ian Mackenzie and John Sunckell to the regional council amid division over the ...

Almost half of Te Papa's management roles are proposed to be axed under a "significant" restructure. The national museum last week announced plans for a two stage process in an effort to cut costs.

The man who who kidnapped, raped and murdered Karla Cardno in Lower Hutt in 1989 has again been denied parole.

Armed police are on patrol near a school and a homicide probe has been launched after a woman was found dead in a North Island home.

A police officer who fought to restrain a man in a burning garage while his boots were ablaze is one of a pair who been given awards for ...