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Rio 2016 Olympics - New Zealand's world champion kayaker Lisa Carrington is hoping to win back-to-back Olympic titles on Day 11 in Rio.

Rio 2016 Olympics - The strong shoulders of men's rowing pair of Hamish Bond and Eric Murray are taking on the burden of re-igniting NZ's Rio campaign tonight.

Rio 2016 Olympics - With its first gold medal bagged, New Zealand has a few more medal chances tomorrow, including the long-awaited return of Valerie Adams to Olympic competition.

The managers of the Kawerau pulp and paper mill are warning the cost of electricity transmission could drive the plant out of business.

Biologist Corey Bradshaw spends his time considering the future of humanity and the natural world in the face of rapid environmental change.

The Reserve Bank has cut the Official Cash Rate to a record low 2 percent, and signalled more cuts were ahead. Audio

That’s right, Chance The Rapper is on his way to New Zealand to headline this year’s Rhythm and Vines festival in December

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has apologised for a mass outage of the census website that ground the country's national survey to a halt.

Rio 2016 Olympics - Lauren Boyle takes centre stage for New Zealand overnight as the country's great medal hope in the pool.

Rio 2016 Olympics - Police used stun grenades and tear gas to clear protesters in the path of the Olympic torch in a poor suburb of Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, two days before South America's first…

Snow and ice has closed roads, suspended buses and prevented schools from opening in the South Island.

The New Zealand men's football team will play Mexico in an international friendly in the United States in October.

Sometimes the best moments are less sport, and more feels.

Eager shoppers queued up on a chilly Wellington morning for the opening of the first David Jones department store outside Australia.

New Zealander Matt Smith has broken one of the biggest world records in shearing sports in England overnight. Video

Two things to know about Valerie Adams heading into Rio: she is vying for her third Olympic gold medal, and she is having fun doing it. Adams is one of only 9 athletes who has been a world champion at…

The gunman who killed three officers in Baton Rouge had posted videos complaining about police treatment of African-Americans.

Labour Party leader Andrew Little was on a flight hit by lightning that has now landed safely in Auckland.

A bus blown off the road in Mackenzie Country was lucky not to roll down a steep bank, police say, as heavy rain and winds move up the country. Video

Theresa May will become Britain's prime minister on Wednesday, as David Cameron says he will step down later this week.