Abandoned - that is how customers of a Christchurch Westpac branch are feeling after the bank announced it will close its doors on August 8.

The price of a block of butter is now 120% higher than it was 10 years ago, and increases in dairy prices in general helped pull up food prices in June, according to Stats NZ. Food prices lifted 4.6% ...

Police are continuing to appeal for information from the public following a fatal crash in Canterbury that claimed the life of a person in ...

The power and internet bills are paid but Latu said dinner is sometimes just rice - her children's schools are part of the government lunch programme. "Sometimes if we have, we have. If not, they come ...

A man cut open by a bottle thrown into a partying crowd was taken to hospital as disorder erupted on north Dunedin's notorious Castle St last ...

Israel has launched airstrikes in Damascus, blowing up part of the defence ministry and vowing to destroy government forces attacking Druze ...

Notorious outback killer Bradley Murdoch has died, meaning the chance of recovering his victim Peter Falconio's body is considered remote at best.

Sonny Bill Williams won't get a rematch after Paul Gallen announced his retirement from all sport following his split points boxing win over ...

A mother killed in a crash with her daughter and niece in Waikato has left behind three children including her eight-week-old baby.

Tessa Elizabeth Macintosh Sheild, 20, of Marlborough, died following a crash near Hampden, in North Otago. The two-vehicle crash was reported to emergency services about 4.20pm on Sunday. Police ...

Drivers in the South Island are being warned to be aware of freezing fog and black ice over the next few days. The NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi ...

John McGlashan College’s new principal has "a clear vision" for the boys at the school. Dr Aaron Columbus, who is at present the deputy ...