Hundreds of leaky home owners stand to gain from a Supreme Court test case that could open the doors to their claims being heard, a lawyer says.
New Zealanders spend more of their income on housing than any other developed country in the OECD apart from heavily indebted Greece, a new report reveals.
An Upper Hutt high school went into lock-down this afternoon after a teenager was seen walking through the grounds with what appeared to be a pump-action firearm.
The father of the Carterton balloon crash pilot doesn't believe his son smoked cannabis before the fatal flight, and says investigators had to find a scapegoat.
A Christchurch man came within millimetres of death when a 13cm rock smashed through his car windscreen, fracturing his skull and ricocheting around the car at terrifying speed.
A cat was mauled to death in its owner's home by two wandering dogs which chased it through a cat door.
The father of murder victim Sophie Elliott is backing a call for an independent commissioner to advocate for families of victims of crime.
The hospital care received by an Invercargill mother just a day before her baby girl suffered critical injuries is under review.
A New Zealand man who was shot in the back during a mall attack in Kenya successfully underwent surgery to his chest overnight.
Prime Minister John Key says the asset sales referendum will be an "utter waste of money" and the sales process could be completed before it is even held.
New Zealand has pushed Fonterra's case in meetings with the Sri Lankan government following a tumultuous month which saw the dairy giant temporarily shut down its Sri Lankan operations.
An American bodybuilder who beat a New Zealand teacher to death has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for her murder.
Police say they have identified three people linked to a brazen theft from a Wellington cafe after Sunday's magnitude 6.5 earthquake.
A drunk man who shot his friend in the knee with an air rifle in Alexandra early this morning will face an array of firearms charges.
A prominent real estate agent censured for rifling through a client's lingerie at an open home has been granted permanent name suppression.
Pyne Gould Corporation has been ordered to pay more than $155,000 to a former executive after he was stripped of his duties and dismissed over a bonus he paid to himself and other executives.
Countdown has been censured for misleading customers by claiming it has cheaper prices than rival Pak'n Save.
The forestry industry has been put on notice after the sixth death of a worker this year, just three days after another accident left a worker with serious leg injuries.
An unusual car-swap deal turned sour when a man armed himself with a metal bar in Dunedin yesterday.
Heavy rain has brought flooding to mid-Canterbury as the tail end of a huge winter storm continues to cause havoc in storm-battered capital.