Health NZ is warning New Zealand is "on the cusp" of a national outbreak of whooping cough as case numbers continue to rise. An emergency was declared on an Air New Zealand flight from Christchurch to ...

A failure of both skippers to keep proper watch led to a "catastrophic" collision in the Bay of Islands which left one man with critical injuries and sank a historic ferry, a new report has found.

The Department of Conservation says it is "alarmed and disappointed" at the number of people ignoring closed signs on storm-damaged walking tracks around the region. Two men instigated a violent ...

Hurricane Milton closed in on Florida's Gulf Coast on Wednesday, spawning tornadoes and lashing the region with rain and wind hours ahead of its expected landfall near Tampa Bay. A Dunedin woman who ...

Hurricane Milton closed in on Florida's Gulf Coast on Wednesday, spawning tornadoes and lashing the region with rain and wind hours ahead of its expected landfall near Tampa Bay. If it's a health ...

A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a woman who lay dead in a Christchurch residence for three days. Labour and environmental groups are scathing about the government's list of fast ...

The latest flooding in South Dunedin should be a "wake-up call" to central government to fund the area’s climate adaptation, ...

Carmen Walker's sons, along with a surgeon who observed the procedure, say blood loss that led to her death was preventable.

Wellington Water's new chief executive says fixing recurring leaks is not a good use of money, with at least a break per day ...

New Zealand Raptor Trust rehab co-ordinator Jenni Fraser releases a New Zealand falcon (kārearea) into a City Forests ...

"Unseasonal" weather and serious avalanche incidents have led the NZ Mountain Safety Council to encourage "extreme caution" ...

A resident at a Cumberland St flat got a fright this morning after a car crashed through a fence and into a wall. John, from ...