Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced he will step down as leader of the ruling Liberals after nine years in ...

Politicians past and present have paid their respects to Dame Tariana Turia - with Labour MP Willie Jackson saying the party ...

Six people were injured - three seriously - after a crash near the Homer Tunnel in Fiordland at the weekend. Sun, good times and horses brought the crowds to Glenorchy at the weekend, as tens of ...

A cool change and rain have brought welcome relief for emergency crews fighting a bushfire in Australia that has been burning for weeks. Visitors to Abel Tasman National Park are being asked to report ...

Holiday-makers heading home from holidays and a handful of crashes have slowed traffic in Waikato, Wellington and at the ...

A cold snap is being felt across the country, with high winds forcing the cancelling of ferry crossings and some North Island ...

Anna Yeoman, a conservation ranger at the Mokomoko Dryland Sanctuary near Alexandra, describes the battle to protect New Zealand’s exquisite jewelled gecko from ruthless poachers and predators.

A direct link to the founder of Lane’s Emulsion in Oamaru has died at 100. A new economic impact report on the value of the Oamaru Heritage Precinct has vindicated its role as the "key sightseeing ...

It is by no means a "bummer summer" despite the cool temperatures and wet weather seen by much of the country since Christmas, a forecaster says. Warning labels on alcoholic drinks would help limit ...

South Korean police have raided Jeju Air and the operator of Muan International Airport as they investigate a crash that ...

Warning labels on alcoholic drinks would help limit the number of cancers caused by alcohol, but other policies are also needed, says a public health researcher. Provisional figures show a significant ...