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More than 30 years after publican Chris Bush was gunned down at the Red Fox Tavern in Maramarua, two men found guilty of his murder have been sentenced today.

Toa Samoa rugby league coach Matt Parish has welcomed the prospect of the Johns brothers and Sonny Bill Williams joining the team's coaching staff, although the idea already seems dead in the water.

Two Royal Navy vessels are patrolling waters around Jersey amid concerns of a possible blockade by French boats over post-Brexit fishing rights.

More than 20 million native trees and other plants will be planted around New Zealand's biggest harbour in the ground-breaking $200 million Kaipara Moana Remediation project.

Budget 2021 is due to be announced on 20 May but the priorities that guide the budget decisions have already been published and debated by MPs.

What's next for councils? That's the question driving the biggest shake-up of local government in a generation. Marlborough's answer: be more like us.

An independent review of local government will explore how councils can maintain and improve the wellbeing of New Zealanders in the communities they serve, long into the future.

Rescue aircraft and ships are scouring the sea north of Bali, searching for a missing Indonesian submarine with 53 crew as its oxygen supplies dwindle.

India has recorded the highest one-day tally of new Covid-19 cases anywhere in the world - and the country's highest number of deaths over 24 hours.

A swimmer who had to be hospitalised for three nights following an Auckland ocean swim says it was a shock when she came out of the water.

Ahead of a nationwide rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine to kaumātua, health providers say they're up against a tidal wave of misinformation and a deep-rooted distrust of the health system. But Māori are…

New Plymouth District Council is at a loss to explain the timing of its flip-flop over its support for a composting plant which has stockpiled 20,000 tonnes of contaminated waste.

Developers of a planned marina on Waiheke Island have hit back at claims construction would disrupt Kororā little blue penguins.

Opinion - Judith Collins' National Party leadership is under more scrutiny, with increased talk in the media of her being replaced by brand new MP Christopher Luxon, writes Bryce Edwards.

One of the rescuers at the centre of a fatal Taieri Mouth boating accident has recounted the helplessness he felt when he saw a seemingly lifeless toddler pulled from beneath the overturned boat.

More than 30 years after publican Chris Bush was gunned down at the Red Fox Tavern in Maramarua, two men have been found guilty of his murder.

Any redevelopment of Forbury Park would offer a "huge opportunity" to strengthen South Dunedin's overall defences against flooding, scientists say.

The blockage of Egypt's Suez canal by a giant container ship is causing a "traffic jam" in the Red Sea, according to a merchant seaman on a nearby ship.