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Cocaine Bear is a dark, violent comedy about a bear on a rampage. But it's also, believe it or not, based on a true story. Here's what happened one day in 1985.

Television New Zealand's first half net profit is down more than two-thirds on the year earlier, as advertising revenue started to soften and programme costs and other expenses rose.

The sinking of the ex-fishing trawler Grace on Monday and any associated risk of fuel spill was not notified to the West Coast Regional Council on Tuesday. The fishing boat...

A Fiji government minister is facing criticism for asking an opposition MP for "evidence" of rape of Indo-Fijian women and children during the political turmoil of 1987 led by prime minister Sitiveni…

It's up to Super Rugby Aupiki players to emulate the heroics of the Black Ferns and make sure people keep watching, Jamie Wall writes.

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says there is a lot of work to do after Cyclone Gabrielle hit, after today visiting areas devastated by the storm. Watch a stream of his latest media conference here.

Writer-director Charlotte Wells chats to Simon Morris about the father-daughter relationship in Aftersun - a little gem of a film with two dynamite leads.

Much of Auckland will be closed on Monday as Cyclone Gabrielle storms through the motu.

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says central and local government had been working closely together on the cyclone response and is urging people to take the situation seriously.

Analysis - Prime Minister Chris Hipkins announces the government's awaited policy reset and meets his Australian counterpart in Canberra, while politicians tone down their Waitangi speeches and the…

Opinion - A public service publisher model which provided contestable funding might be one way to salvage something from the failed TVNZ-RNZ merger, Peter Thompson writes.

Opinion - Generative AI can write essays, code software, create music and art, and hold conversations. It is exciting, but what happens when they're turned to illegal uses?

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

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.

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…

Opinion - For Auckland mayor Wayne Brown, sorry seems to be the hardest word to say. Newsroom's Matthew Scott looks behind the scenes at a difficult week for the new mayor. Video

The new prime minister is taking a different approach to making tough calls to his predecessor. Audio

National Party leader Christopher Luxon is "keen" to support non-partisan solutions for improving New Zealand's emergency response management. Audio

Auckland mayor Wayne Brown is promising "better" communication than Friday ahead of tonight's forecast bad weather.

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has announced Jan Tinetti, Michael Wood, Ayesha Verrall, Willie Jackson and Kiri Allan are being shifted up the Labour rankings, with Nanaia Mahuta and Andrew Little…