Waipukurau's inaugural market day was greeted by wet weather but happy shoppers.

Destiny Church supporters are protesting outside a Christchurch youth health service which helps young transgender people access healthcare. Controversial church leader Brian Tamaki is spearheading ...

In Central Hawke’s Bay lives a writer, quietly getting on with her mahi and gaining international attention. Shelley Burne-Field’s (Sāmoa, Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Rārua, Pākehā) first children’s novel ...

A group travelling in what police say was a stolen rental car allegedly broke into a tourist bus and took up to $30,000 of items, including passports and wallets, from a remote coastal area at the ...

Ngāti Kahungunu chair Bayden Barber says he’s getting hoha with ministers coming to the Iwi Chairs Forum as though they are doing Māori a favour. He says the best parts of last week’s forum in ...

A South African vet who lived every dog owner’s worst nightmare has spoken out about the risk of dog collars for man’s best friend. Amir Anwary took to TikTok to share details of the death of his dog ...

Warriors coach Andrew Webster has given his verdict on the controversial refereeing decision — or lack thereof — that ultimately cost his side in Sunday’s 14-8 defeat to the ...

Greg Bruce wanted a new phone but didn’t want to have to work for it. Neither, it seemed, did the telcos. Something had to give. It seemed simple enough: I wanted to find the phone and plan that would ...

The Te Whare Whakapakari/Matamata Indoor Sports and Recreation Hub will be located at Matamata College with its entrance off Station Road. Construction for the Hub is set to commence this year with a ...

As Ukraine marked its third Orthodox Easter at war, Russia today launched a barrage of drones concentrated in Ukraine’s east, wounding more than a dozen people, and claimed its troops had taken ...

Police in Taumarunui have seized drugs, firearms, stolen property and $7000 in cash after executing a search warrant last week. A 53-year-old Taumarunui man has been arrested and charged with ...

Israel ordered the local offices of Qatar’s Al-Jazeera satellite news network to close, escalating a long-running feud between the broadcaster and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’s hard-line ...