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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has declared a state of emergency in 10 provinces devastated by two earthquakes that left a trail of destruction. Audio

Former Auckland mayor Christine Fletcher is calling for a royal commission of inquiry into the underlying infrastructure issues revealed by the floods.

School principals across the country are having to find ways to make sure kids are in class as back-to-school costs hit families.

The company has partnered with FRV Australia to build a 90ha solar farm where 80,000 solar panels will generate about 80 GWh a year, enough to power close to 10,000 houses.

Five young people broke out and onto the roof of a youth justice facility in Christchurch last night.

The death of a young New Zealander caught in an avalanche in Austria has left his school's community shocked and in a daze.

Emergency services are responding to an incident tonight at a youth justice facility in Christchurch.

MetService lifts heavy rain watches across much of the country but substantial amounts of rain still fell over the West Coast of the South Island overnight.

Bulgaria have won the Davis Cup tennis tie against New Zealand at Wilding Park in Christchurch by three matches to one.

The teenager killed in an avalanche in Austria has been identified as 17yo Will Cookson - a promising young skiing champion from Canterbury.

Man's best friend is starting to look a little expensive, but it does not have to be that way.

The organisation is so chock-full of animals it is halving the fees for the next two weeks to make some space.

A shocked neighbour had concerns about a man living in the Christchurch house where a person died on Saturday night and had previously tried to get him help.

Opinion - When an essential part of a wheelchair got lost in the pile of other increasingly missing luggage, it prompted Chris Ford to think about the lessons that could be learned from this.

Hundreds of volunteers are gathering in Tāmaki Makaurau's Starling Park this morning to help clean up flood-damaged property.

The petition was sparked after a city bar had to drop live music after a local resident complained about the noise.

About 6400 people have completed a grieving dad's programme designed to raise awareness about the consequences of driving dangerously

A new mountain bike park has the run of the hills at Rick and Julia King's farm at Clarence near Kaikōura. It's the brainchild of their daughter Genevieve and has replaced the Merino sheep and cattle…

When the heavens opened last weekend, some channels of official information closed. Emergency management agencies and the news media both copped criticism for lagging behind events - and behind social…

One person has been found dead and another seriously injured in the Christchurch suburb of Bryndwr.