Helen Clark has launched a fresh broadside against the government for shifting its strategic outlook after confirmation Wellington is consulting with Aukus members.
The jury in the trial of a former Auckland eye surgeon accused of killing his wife is expected to begin its deliberations in the High Court at Auckland shortly.
Floods in Myanmar have killed at least 226 people in just over a week, after heavy rains battered the central provinces of the war-torn Southeast Asian country.
A Christchurch teenager has been discharged without conviction after he caused a crash that killed a 19-year-old woman and seriously injured four others.
The health minister says the new Dunedin hospital "remains under active consideration" but is refusing to confirm if the project may be a phased build.
Sean "Diddy" Combs engaged in a long-running scheme of sex trafficking and racketeering, according to a three-count federal indictment unsealed on Tuesday.
Multiple videos of a man charged in relation to a homicide investigation have been uploaded to YouTube, showing him singing what appears to be Christian worship music.
Lebanon's Hezbollah has promised to retaliate after blaming Israel for detonating pagers that killed at least nine people and wounded thousands of others.