These homes cost the government $21m. Why have they been empty for a year?

The government has spent more than $21 million on 35 new homes that sit empty more than a year after completion. The ...

Yellow-legged hornets response ramps up in Auckland with deployment of 120 traps

Biosecurity New Zealand will have 120 traps set across Auckland’s North Shore by the end of Wednesday, as authorities ...

Armed police close Wellington street

Armed police have swarmed a street in the Wellington suburb of Mount Cook. Aaron Austin at A1 Auto Tech on Hopper Street said ...

Crews contain out-of-control blaze in Hawke’s Bay

On Tuesday morning emergency crews converged on Tapairu Rd, Waipawa in central Hawke’s Bay where a controlled burn-off spread. Six pumps, five tankers and and additional specialist crew attended the ...