Rebecca Quilliam

Top New Zealand chefs say it will be a long time before diners here will be able to stomach ordering insects for dinner.

A restructure and the loss of more than 70 full-time roles from the Department of Conservation will have a negative impact on the environment, conservation advocates say.

A Porirua man who was shot and Tasered by police while allegedly attacking his pregnant partner has appeared in court and been granted name suppression.

Telecom has launched an urgent investigation into another spam attack on some Yahoo!Xtra customers.

Housing valuations are the highest in seven years, prompting a slowdown in the market as some buyers hold off until prices become more affordable, according to property valuation experts.

The Ministry of Education is the latest Government department to admit to a privacy breach.

The plane that crashed into the sea off the Waikato coast, killing 2degrees chief executive Eric Hertz and his wife Kathy, has broken into pieces on the seabed, divers have discovered.

Aucklanders have been given their first warning about the impact of the city's driest summer in 50 years as other regions continue to reel from drought.

Shiploads of straw from the South Island could be transported to desperate North Island farmers if the dry weather continues, Federated Farmers says.

Police could have prevented the death of Hamilton woman Diane White who was killed after being attacked by her neighbour with a hammer, the Independent Police Conduct Authority has found.