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Police have charged two men with the murder 30 years ago of Waikato man Chris Bush, after reopening the cold case last month.

A man who killed a teenage skateboarder in a hit-and-run in west Auckland has been sentenced to up to four years in prison.

With one in five kauri in Waitākere Ranges Regional Park infected, the council could ban people to help fight the spread of the disease threatening to wipe the trees out.

There's little reprieve in sight from a year of torrential rain with further extreme rainfall possible this month, MetService says.

Hundreds of angry people packed out two public meetings last night to demand a solution to the woes caused by the Manawatu Gorge Road closure.

Strong winds and rain are bearing down on the central and lower North Island as heavy weather closes roads across the country. Get the essential information here.

Thousands of fans are expected to line Auckland's streets for today's America's Cup victory parade. Audio

A Catholic Māori high school would not be facing closure if a Crown land grant had been used as it was intended, the Waitangi Tribunal has been told.

It's the largest haunted attraction in the Southern Hemisphere, an Auckland institution and, now, a film. We talk to director Florian Habicht about the people and the past of Spookers.

The search for a man who went overboard in Auckland Harbour on Saturday night has been suspended, but his family are not giving up hope of finding him.

The horticulture industry is worried some plant species will disappear for good as property prices encourage more nurseries to close.

The surprise closure of four business courses at an Auckland tertiary institution over plagiarism means students will be transferred and re-assessed for English language skills.

More than 300 foreign students will have to transfer to another institution after NZQA discovered significant problems at an Auckland tertiary college. Audio

Widespead plagiarism and overcrowding has forced the closure of a private tertiary institution that once had 1000 foreign students enrolled.

Opinion - The merger between New Zealand's two biggest publishers of news was always unimaginative and short-sighted, but whatever happens now, the prospects for journalism are bleak, writes Gavin…

Wild weather has hammered parts of the country overnight, with strong winds for much of the country and the season's first snow in the south.

The worst of Cyclone Cook may be over but there is a huge clean-up job ahead in the coming months, Civil Defence says. Video