New technology has been designed as part of a project prompting doctors to prescribe more safely to help reduce the looming risk of antimicrobial resistance.

Eden Park chief executive Nick Sautner says he has approached the government to try to secure funds for the stadium's upgrade.

Actor Val Kilmer, best-known for his roles in Top Gun, Batman Forever and The Doors, has died in Los Angeles at the age of 65.

A headmaster dismissed police concerns about an incident at a Christchurch high school, a former detective has told the ERA.

Te Pāti Māori says it will hold its own "alternative independent hearing", in reaction to unfair actions by Parliament's Privileges Committee while considering complaints about a haka and protests in Parliament.

UN officials surveying quake damage in Myanmar have urged the global community to ramp up aid before the looming monsoon season worsens already catastrophic conditions.

Thirteen people, 11 of them children, have been injured in a crash between a car and a van in Taranaki this morning.