Police are appealing for information about a street brawl outside a Christchurch bar that has hospitalised…

A 43-year-old man who gave a 12-year-old girl synthetic cannabis and put his hand up her skirt when she passed out avoided…

A doctor who has admitted slapping his wife three times in the face has escaped conviction. The doctor, in his 60s, appeared…

An online car dealer that placed thousands of fake bids on more than 500 of its own auctions has been fined $42,000 this…

The driving force behind Christchurch's 'Farmy Army' says providing help and hot meals in the earthquake-struck…

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A man who was sentenced to home detention after disabling an elderly woman when he robbed her of her bag was given a "manifestly…

The increasingly popular NZ Secret Santa Twitter account has been taken over by New Zealand Post, after it became too much…

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The men who ran the Switched on Gardener hydroponic supply shops must remain behind bars ahead of an appeal against their…

1. Jail for Switched On staff

A Greymouth fisherman claims he was so drunk that he walked out of The Warehouse without paying for the socks and boots…

A $1.7 million Government grant will provide more affordable housing for some of Tauranga's most vulnerable…

Tauranga residents unhappy with the sale of state houses in their area jumped at the opportunity to raise the issue with…

1. Rent aid for new tenants only

The Supreme Court has reserved its ruling on whether to grant a Far North man - dubbed a drug kingpin for ruling over a…

Calder Stewart has plans to demolish almost all of Carisbrook. The company bought the old stadium from the Dunedin City…

1. Carisbrook Stadium to be sold before Christmas

A 16-year-old accused of murdering Ashburton mum Sina Nerisa Solomona will stand trial in Timaru in November.

A car has crashed through the front door of a petrol station on Auckland's North Shore.

Little Brett Oosthuizen has been nicknamed The Great White by staff at Waikato Hospital.

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An elderly woman was found fused to her furniture and a blanket after apparently being confined to a couch for at least…

A 9-year-old boy is being spoken to by police Youth Aid after two fires in quick succession in Bay of Islands businesses. The…

The Far North District Council has removed a cat feeding shelter at Paihia. The crackdown against 86-year-old Betty Chapman…

1. Mayor's 'offensive' cat email no joke, says recipient

A Wanganui midwife who handed over care of some of her patients to a graduate midwife in a "loose arrangement"…

Head down, hands on my knees, gasping for air. What am I talking about you ask? I'll start from the beginning. Every year…

A late-night walk in the countryside by two Wairarapa men and their dogs turned into the "hunt of a lifetime" last weekend…

1. Game shoot a 'fun' school fundraiser

The man charged with the murder of Christchurch woman Michelle Mary Lawrence has appointed a new defence counsel, which…

1. Accused in gnome bashing case on trial for murder

One in three New Zealanders can't afford to heat their homes properly in winter, an especially acute issue for younger people…

1. Wellington IT staff paid more - report

A rail worker who failed to make sure two of his co-workers were off the track before a passenger train…

The Government has been slammed for its track record on child poverty and violence against women following a critical report…

1. Doctors seek help to mend broken hearts

Snoopy is a survivor. The 4-year-old spaniel-cross spent six hours stranded on a Dunedin cliff ledge in the cold and rain…

1. video Woman finds her dog amid tornado wreckage (0:30)

The trial of a man charged with the 2008 murder of Christchurch prostitute Mellory Manning is likely to start next year.

A hui is being scheduled in Ruatoki to discuss a report that found police acted unlawfully during raids in the area six…

1. Editorial: Raids report offers lessons for the future (39 comments)

Helen Clark has been ranked as the 21st most powerful woman in the world by Forbes magazine.

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What the assets are worth now depends on the future path of electricity prices and the effect that has on the company's…

1. Protesters 'privatise' road to National Party conference

1. GCSB: Opposition demands independent report

Urban Search and Rescue teams spent a month crawling…

1. Fran O'Sullivan: Time for Key to spread the success story (123 comments)

Bathurst Resources has been given the green light by the Government for its open cast coal mine on conservation…

1. Denniston mining battle off to court - again

Former Dominion Finance chief executive Paul William Cropp has been sentenced to two years and seven months in prison.

Wanganui High School has been approved by the international Confucius Institute in Beijing to set up…

The majority of fitness fanatics are the pits at keeping their workout kit clean, with many confessing…

1. Nicky Park: A love-hate relationship with the gym (63 comments)

Megan took this photo in the street in Karvina, Moravia, Czech Republic.

1. Hard-heartedness on buses (53 comments)

The Air Force kapa haka group and band spent several hours yesterday with a couple of schoolboy rugby teams in Washington…

1. Defence redundancy letters released