Economic Growth Minister Nicola Willis has joined the government voices urging more mining, but the opposition says it is a ...

The Green Party wants clarity from the PM on the government's plans for privatisation, accusing him of "publicly entertaining ...

France is to launch a six-year renovation of the Louvre in Paris, enlarging the world's most-visited museum to make room for the huge crowds who now cram inside the palace on the banks of the Seine.

Across the country there have been four fatal road accidents this weekend, and two deaths from accidents earlier in the week.

Police are investigating the unexplained death of a woman at a Queenstown property yesterday. In a statement, police said emergency services ...

Doc has confirmed about 40 black-backed gulls have died from what's believed to be avian botulism at the Waitarakao Washdyke Lagoon, near Timaru. Half a world away from home, jobless and cashless on ...

Instead of "just sitting on the fence" after a teen was stabbed at the bus hub, Pacific Trust Otago planned a ground-breaking three-year initiative to stop anything like it happening again. Since ...

Samoa and New Zealand have been discussing Manawanui compensation, according to the head of Samoa's Ministry of Works, ...

The Great Barrier Reef has suffered "catastrophic" damage from a marine heatwave with some of its iconic coral reduced to rubble. Anne Munro was diagnosed shortly before Christmas and will be stepping ...

People with overseas licences drove well on Clutha district roads during the last three years, New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) figures show.

More general practices are closing their books, with over a third of doctors turning away new patients last year. In Southland, the Gore Health Centre has been running a waitlist since October.

MPI is investigating after a video of a teen hitting and kicking a live octopus on a Bay of Plenty beach has emerged. A friend who was with a New Zealander when she was allegedly set on fire by her ex ...