An Auckland man controlled two teenagers "as if they were his property", put them to work and kept their money, a jury has been told.

Te Pāti Māori MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi has hit back at the allegations of "major overspending" from her own party last week, insisting her electorate budget has never been overspent. But she has not ...

Parents at a Christchurch school are being offered financial incentives if their children meet attendance targets. The government has set a ...

Parents at a Christchurch school are being offered financial incentives if their children meet attendance targets. The government has set a ...

A prisoner escort vehicle carrying four inmates from Greymouth to Christchurch broke down last week, resulting in a nearly three-hour wait for ...

State Highway 8 has reopened near Tekapo after a truck's trailer unit was blown on to its side this morning, closing the road for much of the ...

Former Detective Senior Sergeant Neil Holden recalls his experience following the 2011 Christchurch earthquake with acclaimed Kiwi ...

Labour has launched its first key election policy this term, announcing a fund which would invest in New Zealand infrastructure and businesses only.

McLean, who turns 84 next week, says "I’ve been an only child for 81 years and it’s been a lonely life, I never ever, for a moment, thought there’d be anyone, anywhere".

MetService is warning people to prepare for gales and heavy rains, which are already battering parts of Canterbury, the West Coast, ...

Originair will fly twice a day from Tuesday to Thursday, and once on Monday, Friday and Sunday. Other routes flown by the airline are Westport, Nelson, Wellington and Palmerston North. The airline was ...