New city council chief executive Dawn Baxendale is set to start next month.

The All Blacks are sticking with their dual playmaker approach for their 2019 Rugby World Cup opener against the Springboks in Yokohama.

Thursday's Mitre 10 Cup match at Orangetheory Stadium is likely to be one to remember for former St Andrew’s College captain Shilo Klein.

Growers are frustrated with the government's slow decision-making on how many overseas immigrant workers they can employ - saying their crops will be left to rot yet again.

The actor who protested against the treatment of Kiwis working on The Hobbit says recent changes to the 'Hobbit Law' will protect those working on Amazon's Lord of the Rings series.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has made an awkward faux pas after touching down in Tokyo - muddling Japan with China in her first media standup in the country.

A head-on collision in South Canterbury between a Nissan vehicle and a Mitsubishi resulted from the Nissan driver's reaction to seeing what she thought was a poisonous spider in her car.

A small hut community now know the bill they will be footing to pay for their own wastewater system. 

Celebrity Treasure Island co-host Matt Chisholm has announced he is giving up life on camera, for life on farm with his family in Central Otago.

Fiona McLaren brings out the zest to celebrate spring.

A Queensland bushwalker who fell down a waterfall crawled for two days with a shattered leg until he was finally rescued.