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Emergency services are refusing to say what caused an explosion at an Invercargill home yesterday and police won't say why they're investigating a fire that's not considered suspicious.

The NZ Superannuation Fund's annual return has been battered amid market volatility and the economic impact of the pandemic.

Opinion - Caster Semenya should be celebrated, not cast out of a sport she's great at, writes Hamish Bidwell.

The former prime minister of Vanuatu, Charlot Salwai, is to stand trial on 23 November.

Some people spoken to by RNZ were disappointed it was a small increase, while one said she didn't trust Labour to not introduce more taxes.

A plume of smoke from wildfires in the US state of California has descended on the San Francisco area, causing the sky over the region to turn orange.

Opinion - The prime minister should intervene over concerns arising from the inability of the corrections minister and senior staff to come clean on what's been happening at Auckland women's prison…

New Zealand ports are watching and waiting as one of their own tries to add a little grey to "black and white" legislation set up to preserve protected coastal areas.

For many Pasifika serving their communities is a natural calling, but their contribution to New Zealand though volunteering and unpaid work is not fully recognised . Video

The Māori Party has pledged to double baseline benefit levels and immediately increase the minimum wage to $25 an hour, if elected.

Air New Zealand has grounded its Boeing 777 fleet until at least September 2021, saying recovery of the international network post-Covid-19 is looking to be slower than initially thought.

Fruit and vege growers say visa extensions for temporary workers do little to help the looming shortage of seasonal workers, but DairyNZ says it will give farmers certainty to plan for the future.

Researchers are utilising a kind of tag-and-release programme on rats in Fiordland to estimate their numbers and improve conservation efforts.

Films hoping to compete for the best picture Oscar will have to meet certain criteria over diversity, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says.

Increasing numbers of queer and trans young people are unable to access emergency accommodation during Auckland's level 3 lockdown, RainbowYOUTH says.