New Health Minister Simeon Brown may be hamstrung in how much he can change, as cuts to the health system are "writ in stone" ...

Three whales have died, including one euthanised by the Department of Conservation (DOC), after a pod re-stranded in Golden ...

Analysis - The prime minister has taken a close hard look at the varying skills of his ministers, resulting in a portfolio ...

"The nightmare of death and starvation is over," one displaced woman says, as the Red Cross retrieves hostages freed under ...

Novak Djokovic has said he will avoid doing interviews on court at the Australian Open until he receives an apology from the ...

One displaced woman says she feels "alive again" as the ceasefire begins: "The nightmare of death and starvation is over." ...

Its first stage will last six weeks, during which 33 of the remaining 98 hostages - women, children, men over 50, the ill and ...

A professor from the University of Auckland says social media is responsible for people "directly engaging with these ...

Russell Marshall, the Methodist minister who became a Labour Cabinet minister, has died aged 88. He held a variety of Cabinet ...

Australia were atop the SailGP table after winning in Sydney last year, but their collision with a marker buoy on ...

Fresh versions of the Bard's legendary plays Richard III and The Taming of the Shrew will make up this year's annual summer ...

One person is missing after getting into jetski trouble on Lake Taupō off Acacia Bay. Taupō Police Senior Sergeant Andy ...