Preliminary findings of an investigation into a Singapore Airlines flight hit by severe turbulence last week show a rapid change in gravitational force and a 54-metre altitude drop caused injuries.
Experts have been working for almost two weeks to free Florence, a tunnel-boring machine wedged deep underground at Snowy 2.0, the hydro battery project's boss says.
Police say they know how a head-on two vehicle crash that left five people dead in Waikato on Tuesday afternoon happened but are still investigating why.
A prosecutor says a hush money payment at the heart of former US President Donald Trump's criminal trial was an attempt to "hoodwink the American voter" during the 2016 election.
A disgruntled ratepayer who police believe may be behind a bomb scare that saw Whakatāne District Council offices evacuated and closed for the afternoon on Friday has appeared in court.
A Taranaki woman was alive, but likely unconscious when she burned to death crumpled beside an overturned bed and mattress tipped over and set on fire by her partner, a jury has been told.
A woman who was sexually abused by a minister of a secretive sect as a child says the religious group's written apology is welcome but has been a long time coming.
Pope Francis, widely quoted as having used a highly derogatory word to describe the LGBT community, did not intend to use homophobic language and apologises to anyone offended by it, the Vatican says.
The daughter of a roadworker killed by a truck says he'd previously spoken about his fear of being hit due to the number of trucks that sped through work sites.