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A woman was able to escape a house fire in North Canterbury this morning, but police say her husband was last seen inside the building.

Rory McIlroy says the number of leading players pulling out of this summer's Olympic Games should not be "embarrassing" for golf.

Kidnappers of seven workers, including a New Zealander, in Nigeria are yet to make any ransom demands. Audio

Life is about to get tougher for property investors, as the Reserve Bank considers clamping down further on their access to credit.

The Reserve Bank has held the official cash rate steady at a record low 2.25 percent as expected, but left the door open for further cuts.

The 38 people who were rescued from an Otago mountain road yesterday made a bad decision to go four-wheel-driving, says a helicopter pilot involved in the rescue. Audio

A group of off-roaders who were trapped in Central Otago overnight by heavy snow have arrived in Roxburgh. Audio

Some of the country's top sheep dogs descended on a remote valley in Taranaki this week for the North Island Sheep Dog Trial Championship.

Drug Free Sport New Zealand says it's disturbed by reports members of the Warriors have been getting high by mixing prescription drugs and energy drinks.

Prime Minister John Key and two of his senior ministers will be pushing for greater trade access to China during an official visit there this week.

The Civil Aviation Authority has dropped charges against the owners of a farm where a helicopter crashed and killed a man.

The Auckland Aces have have won New Zealand's first-class cricket competition the Plunket Shield.

Danny Lee has started his World Golf Championship match play tournament in Austin Texas with a loss to 2011 Masters champion Charl Schwartzel.

Labour's suggestion to force banks to pass on Official Cash Rate cuts is a 'pretty dumb idea', finance minister Bill English says.

The Reserve Bank is reiterating it will cut interest rates further if consumers and businesses keep thinking low inflation is here to stay.

A Canterbury man who watched the home he grew up in burn down yesterday says he's not sure it will be insured because the fire was a burn-off. Audio

Dairy farmers and manufacturers are welcoming yesterday's cut in the cost of borrowing by the Reserve Bank.

The Reserve Bank will tomorrow release its first detailed look at the economy for 2016, and there's one question on everyone's lips: Will it cut the Official Cash Rate?

Police Commissioner Mike Bush once described Arthur Taylor as "a criminal with no moral or social conscience". Now the career crook claims he's on the right side of justice.

A real estate agent who sold a house 500 metres from the site of a planned coalmine without warning the buyers has escaped punishment.