State Highway 2 near Gisborne is closed after a serious crash in Ormond on Friday afternoon. Police responded to reports of a ...

There was no weekly sheep sale at the Matawhero Saleyards on Friday due to insufficient stock numbers. A PGG Wrightson stock agent said farmers were “holding off” on putting stock forward for sale ...

Staff at Woolworths supermarket were evacuated Friday morning after a Co2 alarm went off in the building. Fire and Emergency NZ were called to the premises just before 7am. “The staff had exited the ...

Embattled R&B singer Chris Brown has launched a US$500 million (NZ$880m) lawsuit against Warner Bros Discovery following the release of a documentary he claimed painted him as “a serial rapist”.

Fire and Emergency services are responding to a scrub fire in the Tauranga suburb of Kairua after receiving a report of smoke in the area. Firefighters arrived at the scene to find a scrub fire in ...

Police are appealing for information after a fatal crash involving a pedestrian near Whakatāne. A crash involving a car and a pedestrian was reported at the intersection of State Highway 30 and ...

Viewers of The Chase begged one contestant to “please stop” an act they deemed “one of the most annoying things ever seen on the show”. During the episode which screened on Wednesday in the UK, Surrey ...

Franklin/Manukau rural rents rose the fastest last year, up 5% in the year to December, with an average $691 a week for a three-bedroom place. This area had been one of the more affordable previously.

Contractors removed a large melia tree in Palmerston Rd alongside the Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) yesterday morning that posed a “safety risk”, but Gisborne District Council has no plans to ...

Three people were injured after a vehicle crashed into a building on Auckland’s North Shore this afternoon. The crash on Beach Rd in Mairangi Bay was reported to emergency services shortly after 1pm.

James Fisher-Harris is gutted someone has stolen his 2021 NRL premiership-winning boots from a Hokianga rugby club. The Warriors’ recruit is deeply connected to the Motukohu Rugby Clubin Kohukohu, ...

Traffic is expected to worsen as holidaymakers travel for Auckland Anniversary weekend, with heavy congestion predicted. MetService forecasts rain and strong winds for central and northern regions on ...