The mayor of New Plymouth has taken personal responsibility for a "typo" that could've cost his council $20 million in lost ...

An apparent typo could have cost a North Island council 20 million dollars in lost revenue. At a meeting last month the New Plymouth District Council passed a resolution saying rates figures in its ...

Pesky blood sucking mosquitoes could turn into power houses of disease control. Auckland University researchers have a million dollars in government funding to investigate whether the insects can be ...

A new type of climate change resilient apple is proving popular overseas, with exports tipped to nearly double this year. The 'Sassy' apple, bred by Plant and Food Research and grown by Taylor Corp in ...

Top speed exits, protests, curfews and courtside spews, it was an eventful opening round of the Wimbledon tennis championship. Sports reporter Dana Johannsen spoke to Lisa Owen.

The freight carrier lost five of its six 757s in Russia after the country invaded Ukraine and has now entered receivership.

Shiva the eight-year-old dog has been miraculously saved after 24 hours stuck in a drain pipe during severe flooding in Nelson. On Monday, 16 year old Chloe Sellers was at her dad's work in ...

Nobby Clark's deputy said the news came as a shock, but the mayor was doing well and intended to return to work next week.

A Banks Peninsula residents' group has renewed calls to scrap council plans for a wastewater plant in the Akaroa township, ...

Asia correspondent Adam Hancock spoke to Lisa Owen about Thailand's prime minister being suspended after weeks of political turmoil, as well as Police in Singapore who can now seize control of ...

A price tag of more than $80 for just over 3kg of prime New Zealand lamb is a little too rich, even for a former chef who devoted decades to fine dining. According to Stats NZ in the past year food ...