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Huge boulders have blocked State Highway 6 west of Murchison, while a 200m dropout on the Napier to Taupō road will take weeks to fix.

A mock Member’s Bill which zeroes in on the glaring disparity in wages for young people is to be the focus of debate among Youth MPs in the 10th Youth Parliament this week.

Some Māori educators want an overhaul of school zoning rules, saying the system ignored local iwi connections to the land that schools were built on.

The Ministry for Primary industries says the crop-killing fall armyworm has now been confirmed at 26 properties nationwide.

Tom Walsh claimed fourth spot and fellow Kiwi Jacko Gill was seventh in a high-class men's shot put at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.

A TranzAlpine train with 248 passengers has been at a standstill for more than two hours, with felled trees reportedly blocking the South Island tracks.

Strong winds have brought down trees and cut power to hundreds of properties in Canterbury.

More than a dozen domestic flights have been cancelled in and out of Auckland today.

Communities across the Marlborough and Buller districts continue to recover, a year on from severe flooding in the region.

The 25-cent cut in petrol excise duty and half-price public transport fares will be extended into next year, the government has confirmed this afternoon.

Companies must stop glamorising alcohol in order to reduce its harm on the community, an alcohol harm expert says.

Analysis - An attitude of mediocrity has got the All Blacks to where they are now: losing four of their last five tests and a solid case for the worst All Black side ever, Jamie Wall writes. Video

Property prices are sliding after decades of big returns for investors - and property stories and ads have been highly profitable for the media in that time too. Recent warnings the ‘one way bet' on…

New Zealand athletes fall short in opening session of the World Athletics Championships in Oregon.

Ōtautahi Christchurch mayor Lianne Dalziel says there are a range of options to help fund the new stadium including rates increases, asset sales, or co-investment.

Timaru's mayor says he'll poll his council on whether the town should pay towards Christchurch's newly green lit stadium but he knows the answer already - it's a hard no.

Before packed houses of 40,000 people every day for just over a week at Eden Park, Empire Games athletes battled for imperial pride.