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

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 ...

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

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." ...

The ceasefire pauses a 15-month-old war which has brought devastation and seismic political change to the Middle East.

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

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

Australia have claimed SailGP victory on Kiwi waters, as Tom Slingsby steered his three-time champions home in Auckland and ...

Analysis - Christopher Luxon is kicking off the political year with a reshuffle that is expected to see Shane Reti removed ...

Dr Shane Reti has lost his health portfolio in a major reshuffle by Prime Minister Christopher Luxon. He will be replaced by ...