New Zealand

Winter is well and truly here. Stormy weather lashed much of the country today, from high winds in Taranaki to snow down south.

MetService reported 20,000 lightning strikes in Western regions in a 24… Audio

In the US, a House committee investigating last year's Capitol riot has been laying out its case against Donald Trump.

The first public hearing into the attack on January the 6th has been taking… Audio

Australia's newly crowned Prime Minister Anthony Albanese looks set to soften his stance on his country's 501 policy following his first formal meeting with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Describing… Audio

Social housing developer Simplicity Living has launched a revolt against Fletcher Building that controls about 94 percent of the market, cancelling all its orders; instead opting to import another… Video, Audio

For the first time since records began, New Zealand has recorded zero AIDS-related deaths in May.

Infection rates are the lowest they've been in two decades, with 67 diagnoses last year. As the… Audio

Workers at a Waikanae business have had a lucky escape after a tornado swept through their street this afternoon.

Fire and Emergency says six houses in Waikanae and another five in Paraparaumu were… Video, Audio

The whānau that snatched the body of a dead man from his wife's home and buried him in Northland against her wishes says they did what his adult daughters say he wanted.

Tommy Murray who died… Audio

Amateur Aussie dinosaur hunters have made the discovery of a life time. The couple not only spotted a prehistoric foot print in some rock but after sending photos of their find to experts - it looks… Video, Audio

The tournament which has divided the golfing world tees off near London tonight. The Saudi backed L-I-V series will initially be made up of eight events, the first at the Centurion Club on the… Audio

New Zealand is a step closer to overhauling the way it manages its most precious resource - water.

Legislation paving the way for contentious Three Waters reforms has passed its first reading in… Audio

Health services are under increasing pressure with surgeries being postponed and patients being transferred to ease the load on hospitals.

Middlemore Hospital is under increasing pressure as it copes… Audio

Truancy targets have arrived - and the government says it wants school attendance up at 70 percent by 2024. Associate Education minister Jan Tinetti says the government also wants to cut the number of… Video, Audio

The High Court has heard from New Zealand First Foundation donors who believed the money they gave the foundation was actually going to party leader Winston Peters.

Two men are on trial in Auckland… Audio

Contractors are back on the job removing the rot from Christchurch's burnt-out wastewater treatment plant, after a mechanical fault ground work to a halt earlier this week.

For the first time… Video, Audio

The Wellington region's in the brace position with bad weather hammering the area.

One person needed medical treatment for minor injuries after what's believed to be a tornado hit the Kāpiti Coast -… Video, Audio

Tommy Murray's body was controversially taken from his Wellington home and taken to Northland for burial, against his wife's wishes.

Today his extended family has spoken out saying they were doing… Audio

A failed automation project at Ports of Auckland has seen $65 million gone to waste.

The Port's new board has canned the controversial project that would have seen driverless straddle carriers or… Video, Audio