A man charged following the death of an elderly man in the upmarket Auckland suburb of St Heliers last month has had his name suppression continued.
The New Zealand head of the Tongan police force says he is satisfied with the job he has done despite not being given a reason for his contract not being renewed.
The founder of a discredited fuel pill technology company in Perth, who became "personally enriched" by the sale of shares, has been banned from managing companies for 20 years.
Steve Williams remains the best bagman doing the rounds despite being sacked by former world golf No 1 Tiger Woods, says caddying colleague and compatriot Anthony Knight.
Labour leader Phil Goff says he is confident his party can win the election despite the latest poll showing support at a dire 10-year low.
Canterbury has been rocked by another strong aftershock.
A Whangarei doctor is $900 out of pocket after falling for a Rugby World Cup scam.
New Zealand doesn't yet have an elective surgery system that can demonstrate national consistency and equal treatment for all patients, Auditor-General Lyn Provost says in a report released today.
New Zealand's first networked charging station for electric cars is opening in Taupo tomorrow.
The driver licence age has been increased from 15 to 16 and the blood alcohol limit for drivers under 20 has been brought down to zero under a bill passed by Parliament today.
A decomposed body found at a dangerous west Auckland surf beach on Good Friday has been identified as Unitec student Rhyan Rego, 21, who went missing at Muriwai Beach earlier this month.
Two people have been arrested after an apparently racially motivated attack on a female Japanese student in Christchurch in which the pair allegedly set their dogs on to her, say police.
Result of game two of the Australian National Basketball League grand final series between the Cairns Taipans and New Zealand Breakers at the Cairns Convention Centre.
A judge has criticised a teenager whose horse bolted as he walked it along a crowded Hawke's Bay beach, bowling over a four-year-girl.
New doctors who faced unexpected immigration visa delays and injuries have forced round-the-clock emergency services at Waitakere Hospital to be put back until mid-June.
The IHC is appealing a court ruling requiring staff to be paid at least the minimum wage for sleep-over shifts.
Hundreds of retailers across New Zealand were today disconnected from the computer network which linked their Eftpos terminals to banks, after the network operators said the out-of-date terminals posed risks to the safety and security of transactions.
ACT leader Rodney Hide believes mining is the solution to New Zealand's economic woes but says environmental activists are "killing off jobs".
Thousands of Jordanians have taken to the streets of the capital to voice allegiance to their king in the biggest protest there in weeks.
The New Zealand sharemarket posted modest gains on a day in which the Government predicted a $20 billion cost of the Christchurch earthquake.
