If ever Lake Rotoaira residents needed a reminder they had an active volcano for a neighbour, it came with a quick-fire ...

New Zealand is in for another week of messy spring weather, with strong winds and rainy fronts arriving on the back of severe ...

MetService says a front is expected to bring rain to Fiordland and the Westland District on Monday. "There is low confidence ...

A New Zealand pilot held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region of Indonesia was freed Saturday by ...

Simon Calder answers your questions on EU travel rules, touring the Baltic states, the best Greek islands, and passport ...

Hundreds of years ago, a man named Tara founded the first permanent human settlement in Wellington. What do we actually know ...

Pygmy Blue Whale Rescued Off New Zealand's North Island. A juvenile pygmy blue whale was successfully rescued on 16 September 2024 after becoming trapped beneath a private wharf near Kawau Island, off ...

Community groups in Tairāwhiti benefited from grants totalling over $173,000 in the latest funding round of New Zealand Community Trust. Gisborne Central School, $9363, for equipment.

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Transport Minister Simeon Brown unveiled a fleet of pothole monitoring vans, which will patrol New Zealand’s roads with ...

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A juvenile pygmy blue whale was rescued Monday after it became trapped under a wharf off Kawau Island, near New Zealand’s ...