Demand for short-term, high-value home rentals is surging, particularly in Auckland and Queenstown, with owners leasing out ...

New Zealand has the highest suicide rate for children, a survey of wealthy countries shows. The latest UNICEF Innocenti ...

A senior doctor at Auckland Hospital is warning more doctors will burn out and leave if easy operations are outsourced to private hospitals to cut public waiting lists. The Health Minister has been ...

Labour's Barbara Edmonds talks the C word, the B word and Kiwisaver which begins with K ...

The ceasefire is holding in the India/Pakistan face-off over Kashmir, Anas Mallick joins First Up from Islamabad ...

Fire crews south of Ashburton have been battling a large rural fire burning through around 14,000 hay bales since late on ...

The Kiwi concedes coming off the high of a title win may affect his performance at this week's PGA Championship.

The maximum penalties have been reduced by half while stewards will have more discretion on deciding penalties.

US President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw aid in the Pacific is having real, on-the-ground impacts for communities.

The new head of the Catholic Church "has an excellent backhand and is a formidable competitor", according to one report.

Labour rejected the idea that it was poor political judgment to reference a column using the c-word in connection to female ministers overhauling the pay equity scheme in Parliament.