It's appointed the board members of the three new Public Research Organisations, replacing several Crown research institutes. The National Council of Women, highlights the existing boards collectively ...

Four others - including a person who was ejected from the car - suffered serious and moderate injuries, and were taken to hospital. Emergency services were called to the citybound lanes just after 11 ...

Police made 10 arrests as officers faced physical attacks from a crowd of about 1000 people. Another five pedestrians were injured - including a teenage girl who had her legs run over. Mayor Bernie ...

They expect gang members to meet at a marae, away from main roads over the weekend - but anticipate many to travel around the area - particularly this morning. Hawke's Bay Area Commander Lincoln ...

From today many with stage 3B to stage 4 melanoma will now have wider access to Keytruda and the branded drug Tafinlar and Mekinist. Melanoma New Zealand Chief executive Andrea Newland says this ...

The Kiwi's tied for 30th, eight shots off the lead. At the PGA Tour's Memorial Tournament in Ohio, Ryan Fox is two-over on the third round's back nine and two-over for the tournament, currently tied ...

The death toll from devastating flooding in Nigeria has risen to at least 151, the local emergency service says, amid efforts to find more victims. The sharp toll rise came as bodies were recovered ...

Valerie Mahaffey, the American actor best known for her roles in Desperate Housewives and Young Sheldon, has died aged 71. The Emmy award winner died in Los Angeles after being diagnosed with cancer, ...

Brett Cameron believes his return to the Hurricanes number 10 jersey marks a full circle completion of his lengthy injury layoff 31 May: Kiwis and Newcastle Knights prop Leo Thompson's facing a ...

A US court has put a temporary stay on an earlier ruling that Donald Trump's "liberation day" tariffs were illegal. The ruling looked set to derail the president's attempts to reorder global trade.

Police laid 521 charges for gang insignia breaches and seized 132 gang patches in the first six months of enforcing anti-gang laws. Mark Mitchell says the legislation had proven to be an exceptional ...

NIWA's Seasonal Climate Outlook for winter expects every region to have higher than average temperatures from June to August. It's also projecting the whole country to have normal - or greater than ...