A sleeping man received a vicious arousal from sleep when his partner, fuelled by the suspicion he was cheating, let herself into his house and stabbed him with a pair of scissors.
Labour MP Duncan Webb has apologised after tweeting a jibe about ACT leader David Seymour, asking if he does not like hummus because it is too close to Hamas.
Nurses will be rallying in Dunedin and Invercargill tomorrow, calling on the Government to increase funding to health in Budget 2024, to resolve the staffing crisis.
The gang member police believe shot and killed a man in central Auckland at the weekend is understood to be the the son of famed Māori film-maker Don Selwyn.
Primary students already benefiting from free school lunches will continue to do so in the same way for the next two-and-a-half years, while older students will shift to an alternative model.
A man who rammed a patrol car while fleeing Dunedin police tried to steal another vehicle from Green Island homes while armed with a weapon, police said.
The parents of two Australian brothers murdered during a surfing trip in Mexico say the world has become a darker place as they prepare to bring home their boys, who were "truly loved".
Israeli forces have seized the main border crossing between Egypt and southern Gaza, shutting down a vital aid route into the Palestinian enclave that is already on the brink of famine.