The census has uncovered just how deeply our pets are embedded in our lives, from birthday celebrations to bougee holidays and even human-like names. With over 6,000 pet owners and 9,000 pets surveyed ...

The Good Better Best selection of Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs for Autumn.

The 2025 Taite Music Prize Awards have been handed out tonight, with both rising stars and retiring rock bands commended for their work within Aotearoa’s thriving music industry, and one legendary ...

The Chase host Bradley Walsh with ‘The Governess’, Anne Hegerty. The host for The Chase New Zealand is yet to be announced.

Judith Cunniffe has been identified as the victim of a homicide investigation after she was found dead in a vehicle in rural Auckland. A 50-year-old man has been charged with assault following her ...

Several law firms are believed to have lost more than $2 million after falling victim to a phone scam in which people pretend to be from ANZ bank. While it is unclear exactly how much money has been ...

A serious crash involving two vehicles and a building has closed the state highway near Woodville, about 20km west of Palmerston North. Police say SH2 near McLean St, Woodville is closed. About 3.30pm ...

One person is dead after a light aircraft crashed on to a Hastings golf course this afternoon. Emergency services were called to the crash at around 12.15pm on Valentine Road, next to the Hastings ...

A doctor who allegedly had sex with his “submissive” partner at his work premises acted “totally inappropriately” and showed a “complete disregard” for professional medical boundaries, an expert says.

The severe storm barreling towards the upper North Island has been upgraded to a tropical cyclone. The Fiji Meteorological Service has named the storm “Tropical Cyclone Tam”. NIWA Weather said Tam’s ...

Have you held on to your restricted or learner driver’s licence for a few years? Count me in. AA communications specialist Hayley Twort says she knows people in their mid-20s who are still on their ...

A rare sighting of a king penguin on an Otago beach has been described as a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity”. The penguin popped into Pipikaretu Beach while the Otago Peninsula Eco Restoration ...