Police are hunting a prisoner who escaped from a transport van in Taupō today, and are warning people not to approach him.

Six years after completing the first leg of his solo circumnavigation of the world in a rowing boat, from Dunedin to Cape Horn in Chile, an adventurer has started the second leg of the journey.

Drones with thermal imaging equipment will survey a Coromandel Peninsula fireground on Monday night to identify where pockets ...

The Regulatory Standards Bill is "dangerous" and "alarm bells need to ring", critics of the proposed government legislation ...

A Birdlings Flat resident has taken top honours in a global competition to find the world’s ugliest lawn. Police believe ...

Police across the motu will observe a minute's silence in honour of the Nelson police officer killed on New Year's Day. The Regulatory Standards Bill is "dangerous" and "alarm bells need to ring", ...

A runaway car that crashed into another vehicle in central Dunedin sparked a response from emergency services this morning. Six years after completing the first leg of his solo circumnavigation of the ...

Firefighters have finally started gaining control over two major wildfires in Los Angeles, as fierce winds that supercharged ...

The flight data and cockpit voice recorders on the Jeju Air jet that crashed on December 29 stopped recording about four ...

Scientists need help to work out why monarch butterfly populations in Australasia seem to be declining, writes Myron Zalucki. Norman Winter of Tribune News Services takes a look at a new flower ...

A mother of three is facing a $38,000 bill for overpayment of Working for Families credits after being caught out due to an oversight in filling out an IRD form. Police have confirmed two people who ...

The government has been accused of a "blatant disregard for transparency" as unanswered questions continue to mount while the ...