Contamination of a private drinking water supply at a North Canterbury campground put six people in hospital and made at least 10 others ill.

Parliament has paid tribute to Jim Bolger with speeches, song and earnest reflection after the former prime minister died yesterday.

The man who who kidnapped, raped and murdered Karla Cardno in Lower Hutt in 1989 has again been denied parole.

Armed police are on patrol near a school and a homicide probe has been launched after a woman was found dead in a North Island home.

A federal judge in Montana has thrown out a lawsuit by youth activists seeking to block US President Donald Trump’s pro-fossil fuel energy policies.

A police officer who fought to restrain a man in a burning garage while his boots were ablaze is one of a pair who been given awards for their actions that night.

A woman burst into tears as a 111 operator told her to move towards David Bridgwater’s body and put him on his back as he lay dying on a Christchurch street.