Transpower is disconnecting some North Island power assets in response to an extreme solar storm that will bring stunning views of the Aurora Australis across the country tonight.
The Biden administration says Israel's use of US-supplied weapons may have violated international humanitarian law during its military operation in Gaza, in its strongest criticism to date of Israel.
A mother says she can never forgive a stranger who kidnapped her daughters and "destroyed" their innocence, confidence and trust by subjecting them to a terrifying ordeal.
Green building advocates say winter power cuts wouldn't be an issue if New Zealand's housing building standards were not decades behind most other countries in the OECD.
A Dunedin city councillor has launched a scathing attack on one of his colleagues over the suggestion the full pedestrianisation of George St is "inevitable".
Four decades after Tapanui flu, the ME/CFS community is marking international awareness day with a call to urgently address research and treatment needs.
A group of four men on a crime spree in Central Dunedin allegedly attempted to rob people using a screwdriver before threatening to stab a pub-goer for refusing to buy them a drink.
A motorist left in a critical condition after rolling his car after it hit black ice on the Kilmog on Thursday was airlifted to Christchurch Hospital after suffering a spinal cord injury, police say.