New data calls into question power company claims that households have not been affected by the recent surge in wholesale power prices, one independent retailer says.
The owner of a Christchurch bar and restaurant is "devastated" after thousands of dollars in high-quality meat was stolen during an early morning break-in.
Helen Clark has launched a fresh broadside against the government for shifting its strategic outlook after confirmation Wellington is consulting with Aukus members.
The judge in the murder trial of former Auckland eye surgeon Philip Polkinghorne has summed up the case for the jury and urged them make a decision "free from sympathy or prejudice".
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.
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.
By Maia Ingoe The defence for an Auckland eye surgeon accused of murder has urged the jury to do away with notions of murder mystery and phantom killers, and focus on the facts.