An Auckland real estate agent has lost her challenge against industry body the Real Estate Authority over a compulsory Te Tiriti course.

A man is in hospital in a critical condition after a stabbing in Birkenhead on Auckland's North Shore this afternoon..

A man accused of murdering a pig hunter and attempting to murder another has pleaded not guilty and will face trial in two years.

A man has been arrested in relation to the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Kyle Jenkins on a Northland roadside last week.

Donald Trump has suspended his threat of steep tariffs on Mexico and Canada, agreeing to a 30-day pause in return for concessions on border and crime enforcement with the two neighbouring countries.

Employees at the US Agency for International Development were informed on Monday that their headquarters was shut for the day, hours after billionaire Elon Musk said President Donald Trump agreed Washington's primary humanitarian agency should be closed.