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Truck driver Sarah Hope Schmidt ran into a stationary queue of vehicles because she had been distracted by using her phone while driving.

"It's not just your fitness, it's the resilience", says DOC as it launches a new cadet programme. Audio

The fault "could allow an unauthorised person access to a secure area without a user first touching their hand to the device".

The villa in Ponsonby is 102 years old and has required frequent repairs.

Jamie Ward woke up to find a lake surrounding her house and says her family are lucky to have gotten out when they did.

One of the country's most photographed pubs - and a 162-year-old fixture of the Otago landscape - has new owners.

The names of two people killed in a suspicious house fire in Auckland have been released by police.

The US rock band will play one show in Auckland in March, 2026 before flying to Australia.

Gyms that focus on service and mental health are a small but growing part of the New Zealand fitness industry.

Auckland's Sidart closed for good on Saturday after struggling, owner and chef Lesley Chandra says.

The best friends still can't really come to grips with how big their story tied to the Pike River tragedy really is. "We're two ordinary women who had no choice but to fight."

More New Zealanders are being lured by 'medical tourism', but experts warn there can be near deadly consequences.

Muslims are still turning to halal butchers even though most meat is slaughtered halal - but why?

Friends and family of the 29 men who lost their lives in the Greymouth mine disaster gathered for the NZ debut of the film starring Robyn Malcolm and Melanie Lynskey.

A hydrologist says the cyclone was expected to be similar to the 2018 flood in Esk Valley, but the peak discharge of water ended up being more than double 2018's amount. Audio

Actor-turned-activist Will Alexander returned home to Christchurch on Monday afternoon.

The teen says the behaviour of some of the boys at school was racist, homophobic and sometimes explicitly sexual. Audio

An investigation is underway.

A photograph of the scene shows the front of the bus has hit into seats at the New Lynn transport centre.