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Tobacco companies say a shop owner is "the driving voice" behind a campaign against a smokefree initiative. The truth is more complicated.

With just over two months until the election, political leaders unveiled plans this weekend for everything from new Auckland harbour crossings to massive government job cuts to free dental care for…

An inquest into how Carmen Walker died following a procedure at Waikato Hospital is finally set to go ahead 13 years after her death. Natalie Akoorie examines the case.

The light rail tunnel would stretch 21km, going from Wynyard Quarter all the way north to Albany

Snow has closed two state highways in the central North Island, with numerous crashes causing further road closures after a day of wintry weather. Audio

The Far North's roads are in a perilous state – and the fix-up job is mammoth in scale.

Stormy conditions around the country led to power outages, flight and ferry cancellations and road closures on Wednesday.

Good Spirits Hospitality has found a buyer for its pubs, which will see it exit the stock exchange.

A major South Auckland road has been closed after a sinkhole was discovered in Ōtāhuhu.

Motorists using the Auckland Harbour Bridge are being warned of delays due to strong wind, with an amber alert in place until late morning.

Some South Island residents are being urged to evacuate as heavy rains continue to batter the region.

On a day when Auckland was the focus of the biggest story in world sport and the Football Ferns ended up making history, deadly shootings a stone's throw from football teams' hotels and the fan zone…

Parts of the North Island are being battered by heavy rain and strong winds with surface flooding in some areas.

The Onehunga Water Treatment Plant was shut down late last year after detecting PFAS contaminants above drinking water threshold levels.

It has been more than three years since the Whakaari disaster. Here's what you need to know as the trial begins into health and safety failings leading up to the deadly eruption.

A former patient of the Lake Alice psychiatric hospital says while he can't tell the court about his experience there, his story is an important reminder of the need to investigate claims of… Audio

A business owner who fled the scene after causing the death of his formerly high-profile employee - early 2000s television star Lionel Allan - following a Friday evening of post-work drinks was…

Wind gusts in Auckland were expected to get worse this evening, as a wintry blast hits the country, bringing snow to the South Island.

The Auckland Harbour Bridge is likely to be closed tomorrow afternoon because of forecast 110km/h gales, says Waka Kotahi NZTA.

Farmers and growers will receive help to secure cheaper loans, rather than given cash up front.

Work by the Department of Conservation to save a miners cottage once home to noted West Coast photographer Jos Divis is "a complex job".