A funeral with full police honours will be held next week for slain Nelson police officer Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming. A ...

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake has struck near one of Tibet's holiest cities, damaging buildings around Shigatse and sending people running to the streets in neighbouring Nepal and India. A mum to two ...

Politicians past and present have paid their respects to Dame Tariana Turia - with Labour MP Willie Jackson saying the party ...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced he will step down as leader of the ruling Liberals after nine years in ...

A cold snap is being felt across the country, with high winds forcing the cancelling of ferry crossings and some North Island ...

Holiday-makers heading home from holidays and a handful of crashes have slowed traffic in Waikato, Wellington and at the ...

A cool change and rain have brought welcome relief for emergency crews fighting a bushfire in Australia that has been burning for weeks. Visitors to Abel Tasman National Park are being asked to report ...

South Korean police have raided Jeju Air and the operator of Muan International Airport as they investigate a crash that ...

A man has been charged with murder after the death of a baby in the Hamilton suburb of Fairfield on Wednesday. A cyclist has ...

Anna Yeoman, a conservation ranger at the Mokomoko Dryland Sanctuary near Alexandra, describes the battle to protect New Zealand’s exquisite jewelled gecko from ruthless poachers and predators.

The Smith siblings in Tarras strive to be competitive in rodeo events, but not necessarily with each other. A sea lion and ...

Millions of Americans from the Plains to the East Coast face the threat of blizzards, heavy snow, treacherous ice and freezing rain through to Monday. Four people have been left injured, including two ...