A fire involving a shed at a Christchurch school is being treated as suspicious.

Scott Sio believes the Wallabies tight five is ripening in timely fashion, just as it did when they thumped England at the last Rugby World Cup.

More than 20 years after sexually abusing a 5-year-old boy, a business owner and family man has been brought to justice. However, his identity will remain a secret.

Hundreds of people have attended an emotional memorial service in Invercargill to pay tribute and farewell cancer care advocate Blair Vining.

A country club will be refitted as a medical centre.

She starred in the Fresh Off the Boat 25 years ago, now she is back as director.

Five siblings and a man believed to be their father are getting medical treatment after Dutch police discovered them locked away in a secret room at an isolated farm.

Turkey has vowed to press ahead with its offensive in northern Syria despite US sanctions and growing calls for it to stop.

A white Texas police officer has been jailed on murder charges over the fatal shooting of a 28-year-old black woman who was babysitting inside her home.