The Aged Care Association is calling on the government to temporarily help fund Alzheimers Otago, which says its services are on the brink ...

"I got to the doorway, I knelt down and she was born into my yoga pants." Her baby’s umbilical cord snapped and both she and the baby began to lose dangerous amounts of blood. Her sister-in-law acted ...

Testing has found asbestos in multiple Kmart Magic Sand products, and an urgent warning to "stop using them" has been issued.

By Tracy Neal, Open Justice multimedia journalist A man lay dead on the deck of his home for up to 14 days before he was discovered by the ...

Hailstorms have lashed parts of Canterbury this afternoon, damaging cars destroying glasshouses and "shredding" gardens.

New Zealand's former heavyweight world champion Joseph Parker failed a dope test on the day he fought Britain's Fabio Wardley last month.

A search is under way off the coast of Whangārei for an overdue fishing boat with two people on board. Police said a 17-foot, single-engine ...

Health authorities have confirmed one new measles case, linked to Wellington College, bringing the national total in the current outbreak to ...

Hailstorms have lashed parts of Canterbury, damaging cars destroying glasshouses and "shredding" gardens. MetService at 2:50pm lifted a thunderstorm warning for the Christchurch and Selwyn area, after ...

Gennady Murray was on her mother-in-law’s doorstep when she gave birth to her first child Olive. One year on she sees the funny side, but at ...