Fire and Emergency New Zealand, pictured here attending a blaze near Castle Hill in early December, is warning holidaymakers ...

Retail NZ’s chief executive is unsurprised by the continued decline in retail spending during Christmas, which she says ...

A dozen Kiwi prisoners caught having a lively homebrew booze-up for the festive season are to spend the rest of Christmas in ...

People are being warned to expect severe thunderstorms and torrential rain in the Canterbury areas of Selwyn, Ashburton and ...

A person is in a serious condition after an incident at a beach in Whangaparāoa on Christmas Day. Hato Hone St John said ...

A Fijian Member of Parliament has spoken out against “cyber bullying” and “exploitation” after an alleged nude video of her ...

Someone is stealing petrol and he is getting the blame. Rajapakse, based in Auckland, has now received two letters from BP ...

The Department of Conservation (DoC) has issued a warning to swimmers after great white sharks were spotted in a Waikato ...

Test your brains with the Herald’s afternoon quiz. Share your score with friends, family, & colleagues, and find out who has ...

Christmas has got off to a roaring start for Taika Waititi and pop star wife Rita Ora. A video posted on social media shows ...

It’s the perfect day, with a week or two of leisure ahead, to put aside the important cares of life and give the mind to the ...

Christmas celebrates what's good in the world, the mission's kaumātua says.