A car has struck a power pole in Christchurch, forcing a busy road to close until 9pm on Friday.

A pontoon is being floated as a possible solution to the accessibility issues experienced by ferry passengers at Diamond Harbour wharf.

As Jess Nock and Conner Dickson ran towards a burning home they saw a woman banging on the window for help, saying she and her baby were trapped inside.

At least 12 people have been injured in a three-car crash on State Highway 5 at Ohaaki, northeast of Taupō.

The "face and voice" of one of Akaroa's harbour cruises will be "dearly missed", his boss says.

A region of the country which suffers one of the highest rates of bowel cancer will soon be able to access the free screening programme.

One person has suffered injuries after a boat capsized on the Eyre River, west of Kaiapoi.

Canterbury's top sausage roll has been chosen in the inaugural Bakels Sausage Roll Competition.

Former Prime Minister Helen Clark has written the foreword for a new book that advocates the sale of cocaine, ecstasy and amphetamines from pharmacies.

China has reported the highest number of asymptomatic Covid-19 cases in nearly seven months, following a mass infection of an unknown origin in the northwestern Xinjiang region.

An incident at Doha airport in which Australian women were subjected to an invasive search on the tarmac after the discovery of an abandoned newborn baby in the terminal has been referred to...