A Taranaki father has shared his sense of loss and anger following the death of his son in a one-punch assault.

Flash floods caused by the rain turned roads into raging rivers while the downpour devastated entire buildings and swept away ...

The minister for rail talks to RNZ's Checkpoint about the final cost of the government's decision to scrap the iReX ferry ...

An Australian company has slowed its fast track bid to mine the Taranaki seabed by failing to provide information demanded by ...

A Murupara café owner has been sentenced to 10 months 'home detention and ordered to pay $175,000 after exploiting migrant ...

A group of Otago parents hope a so-called "dead rockers" fundraiser will help to turn a patch of dirt into a toddlers' playground. It's been more than a decade since the playground next to the ...

Foreign Minister Winston Peters has said Pacific nations and territories should not be told what to do by outsiders. His message comes ahead of the 54th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in the ...

Shane Emeny's Kāinga Ora house has been modified for a wheelchair user and gives him the privacy he's craved since 2021.

After more than four years living in a motel room, a New Plymouth man paralysed in a fall is finally in a home of his own. Shane Emeny's Kainga Ora house has been modified for a wheelchair user and ...

There was little in the way of surprises from the All Blacks team naming today. Scott Barrett returns from injury to lead the team into this Sunday's showdown with the Pumas in Argentina. Despite a ...

Exploiting workers and paying them under the minimum wage has cost a bakery owner more than $330,000. The owner of Murupara's Bakehouse cafe has been convicted of four charges of making false or ...