A Christchurch man and his company are facing charges relating to what Internal Affairs believes is the largest illegal lottery identified in NZ to date.
Four people have been arrested and police say they have seized a "significant amount" of illicit drugs in joint operations in West Coast and Canterbury.
The state of emergency in New Caledonia presents a considerable challenge for NZ's foreign policy efforts in the Pacific, international relations expert Prof Robert Patman says.
Despite having an evolutionary history of more than 150 million years and surviving the extinction of dinosaurs, the leatherback sea turtle is critically endangered in the Pacific region.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Beijing for talks with Xi Jinping the Kremlin hopes will deepen a strategic partnership between the two most powerful geopolitical rivals of the US.
Carol Clay's daughter became concerned her mother's affair with Russell Hill would be made public when police approached her about telling media they had gone missing together, a jury has been told.
The man accused of murdering schoolgirl Charlise Mutten sent a string of violent voicemails to her mother threatening to kill her if she didn't return his car to him.
A Sydney council's decision to ban books featuring same-sex parenting has been reversed after a fiery chambers session and a standoff between protesters.