Kurt Bayer

A statistical blip rather than a grim trend is behind a sudden spike in violent deaths, say police and criminologists.

Comments on Muslims by New Zealand First MP Richard Prosser have sparked online outrage and have been slammed as racist by a Muslim leader.

A man hit and killed by a train in Christchurch on Monday night was due in court today.

A Hamilton family are "devastated" after a 17-year old joy-rider died after a high-speed police chase in the city today.

New Zealand researchers have dispelled the popular cricket cliche that catches win matches - at least in one day international matches.

A young man who posed as a police officer at a massage parlour while his friend helped himself to the contents of people's handbags has escaped a prison sentence.

The Army could be charged with arson after a live firing exercise yesterday (Wednesday) went wrong and sparked a large scrub fire, if police believe they were reckless.

The New Zealand Defence Force will investigate how a live ammunition training exercise at an Army base near Christchurch caused a large scrub fire today.

Medical experts in New Zealand are bracing themselves for the arrival of a deadly flu that is sweeping the US which has already killed 20 children.

A man accused of organising a zorb ride at a Russian ski resort that killed a man has been detained and will face court, authorities say.