The harm you cause by holding a bone in your hand is irreversible,” Ōpihi Whanaungakore trustee Hemi Hireme told the ...

Gisborne-East Coast were surprise leaders of the women’s Octagonal bowls tournament after the first two rounds on Gisborne Bowling Club’s greens today (Friday).

A ransomware group has offered files apparently stolen from a Napier law firm for download on the dark web. The group’s offer suggests the dataset includes a range of sensitive documents, according to ...

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown has fired a shot across the bow of Kaipara’s proposal to combine with North Rodney under local government restructuring plans. Kaipara District Council (KDC) is backing a ...

A judge who initially refused to engage with special counsel in a Judicial Conduct Panel considering the future of another district judge has given evidence, saying no one was drinking excessively on ...

Energy has taken delivery of a 172-tonne transformer for its $135 million grid-scale battery at the Huntly Power Station. The machine, which was made in Indonesia, had to be moved from the Port of ...

A woman who took sexually explicit photos of a young child in her care and sent them to a convicted sex offender has been jailed for more than seven years. Hayley Michelle Newton, 38, appeared in the ...

The manufacturing sector’s turnaround continued into the new year as firms recorded growth in new orders and production, ...

An off-duty cop who spotted a suspicious group near a Michael Hill Jewellers’ store sparked a police operation that ended with three wanted youths in custody. Included in the group was a teen wanted ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has entrenched his daughter as heir apparent before a landmark party conference, a South ...

Police are urging anyone heading into the outdoors to be properly prepared after multiple search and rescue operations since ...