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As Trump made unfounded claims his trial was "rigged", Putin was probably "rubbing his hands with glee", expert says.

Preparing to present one of the most difficult budgets, a National MP gets himself into trouble and the First Home Buyers Grant is scrapped.

Reefton people desperate to save their only rest home packed into a meeting on Tuesday.

Reefton's aged residential care (ARC) facility, Ziman House, is now permanently closed.

A man is being airlifted to hospital after losing his kayak and spending almost 24 hours in the bush.

The Statue of Liberty swayed as a "violent rumble" swept through New York.

No students have been stood down or suspended after Thursday's controversial haka in front of ACT leader David Seymour.

A tikanga and haka expert says spitting is "quite common", and that the school needs to have a hui on the meaning of haka and how to utilise it.

It has been almost 20 years since New Zealand - and the world - fell in love with a rugged, rural, hirsute South Islander. Audio

Residents in parts of Tairāwhiti fear a future on their land is in jeopardy with silt dust making the place unliveable.

First came the shock of the crash, then came heat and stinging smoke as the jet sped along the runway on fire. Video

A Dannevirke man has completed the walk just six months after suffering horrific injuries when cutting down a tree in the rural back blocks.

It is difficult to imagine a level of sibling enmity greater than that which existed between John Allison and his sister Lynne Martin.

The jury in the trial of Lynne Maree Martin at the High Court in Gisborne reached their verdict after about two-and-a-half hours of deliberations and delivered their verdict on Wednesday afternoon.

The Western Bulldogs have been ordered to fork out a NZ$6.4m compensation to a child sex abuse victim, after a jury ruled the club failed to stop a paedophile who preyed on young boys.

A Karangahape Road business owner says there's talk of legal action over AT plans to strip out car parking though the full plan to expand bus lanes is delayed until next year.

This weekend the All Blacks and Springboks meet in the Rugby World Cup final for only the second time. The first was the most famous test match ever played.

Two new $3.2 million hydro slides are about to open at Canterbury's Hanmer Springs pools, with some flashy features.

The property industry gives more in political donations than any other, and its millions of dollars almost all go to two parties.

Morning Report - Labour leader Chris Hipkins is defying calls from other parties to revise spending promises, saying the party has already scaled down its offering. Audio

The Cook Islands tourism industry is getting back to where it was pre-pandemic, but it's still dealing with slow seasons and high airfares. Audio

Northland is facing an at least 10-year-long battle to eradicate the new marine seaweed superspreader, caulerpa.

The All Blacks and Springboks are playing in Auckland for the first time in a decade this weekend - not at the traditional venue Eden Park but at the Warriors' home, Mt Smart Stadium.