Parliament has confirmed the unprecedented punishments proposed for Te Pāti Māori MPs who performed a haka in protest against the Treaty Principles Bill.

A father who sexually abused his daughters, one of whom developed multiple personalities as a survival tactic, may die in prison after receiving a two-decade jail term. 

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake has struck the Wellington region.

A 36-year-old man has been arrested over fleecing Facebook Marketplace users of $150,000 worth of goods.

A second Christchurch school has made the costly move to ditch its near-new open-plan classrooms. Shirley Boys' High school is spending $800,000 to transform its open-plan classrooms, built in 2019,...

A man speeding through Mornington was found with a haul of cannabis in the boot of his car when pulled over, police say.