Watch the sun rise over Takaparawhau, Bastion Point on Friday when Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei host a special hautapu ceremony to celebrate the Māori New Year.
The monarch said the rising of Matariki and Puanga on the Eastern horizon “heralds a time to reflect on the past, to remember absent loved ones and to prepare for a prosperous future.”
Police have released CCTV footage of missing Christchurch 79-year-old Elisabeth Nicholls as they make another appeal for information on her whereabouts.
A worker nearby said he felt unsafe with armed police and police dogs on the street, saying they appeared to be focusing their attention on a new-build apartment property.
An angry man struck his partner while she was holding a baby because she wouldn’t talk to him, before going on to injure six other people, including three children, in a fit of rage.
A brazen shoplifter embarked on a lengthy crime spree that involved her carrying a small child while stealing clothing, threatening to stab those who tried to stop her, and striking a worker.
The husband of a former Oranga Tamariki employee who helped his wife defraud the agency of more than $2 million has been sentenced to 12 months' home detention.
The days of the government counting (almost) everything on a five-yearly basis are over, but a leading academic is worried its replacements will not be as effective.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has down-played a pause of nearly $20 million in funding to the Cook Islands during his second day of his trip to China.
Nelson College for Girls says it's working with police to understand how a car hit and injured three students, and if any changes are needed to improve safety around the school.
This weekend, Aotearoa officially celebrates Matariki for the fourth time, marked by the reappearance of the star cluster in the night sky. Here's how to find…
A 21-year-old woman and a teenage girl have both been charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice in relation to the alleged murder of 15-year-old Kaea Karauria.
Cost of living pressures continue to weigh heavily on voters and the Government’s so-called growth focus doesn’t appear yet to be winning hearts and minds.
Labour has overtaken National as the party New Zealanders consider most able to handle the cost of living, according to the latest Ipsos Issues Monitor survey.
The Cook Islands government says there has been a breakdown and difference in the interpretation of consultation required by the pacific nation to New Zealand.
A man whose wife was murdered by a forensic mental health patient three years ago has not heard from authorities for more than a year and says his family feels "forgotten".
The government's decision to let private patients have publicly-funded cancer drugs is a waste of taxpayers' money, and could even make wait times worse, the…
A move to allow private patients to access publicly-funded cancer drugs threatens to increase wait times for those in the public system, warn senior doctors.
State housing provider Kāinga Ora is halting hundreds of housing developments which would have delivered nearly 3500 homes, and selling a fifth of its vacant land.
By Sam Sherwood of RNZThe Police Commissioner says he fully supports the Assistant Commissioner's decision to sign off on exemptions from recruitment standards for two recruits.
New Zealand has paused its core sector support funding for the Cook Islands after its government signed partnership agreements with China earlier this year, Winston Peters office says.
The majority of the 13 locations are short stretches of state highway heading into or out of small townships, where drivers are already naturally slowing down.