The government plans to bring in jobseekers to help with the response to the recent flooding in Tasman and Marlborough.

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The 24-year-old, who plays for the champion Crusaders and is in rehab after a serious knee injury, is speaking up as part of ...

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Liverpool and Portugal star Diogo Jota was likely speeding when his car veered off a motorway in Spain last week killing him ...

A woman struggling to breathe early on Christmas Eve called for an ambulance, but died before one arrived more than four ...

The Wellington Phoenix women's football side has had a major cleanout of its overseas players. Portuguese goalkeeper Carolina ...

A new project backed by film-maker Sir Peter Jackson aims to bring the extinct South Island giant moa back to life in less ...

The death toll from the flash flood includes many of them children - as rescue teams searched for scores of missing.

Associate Health Minister David Seymour is welcoming the moves, saying they're simple changes that cost nothing to anyone.

David Graham and dog Winnie the Kelpie were winched to safety by a Royal New Zealand Air Force helicopter before hypothermia ...