Emergency services were first called to the Atlantis Street building opposite the QEII Recreation and Sports Centre about 2.30pm yesterday. The blaze was put out soon after. The woman will appear in ...

Mayor Tim King says this is a pre-emptive step, because of existing conditions in the region after severe weather - and predictions of more heavy rain. He says it ensures swift responses to the ...

Kaipara has worked for Mai FM, TVNZ 1, Maori Television, and Three and was the first person with a moko kauae facial tattoo to present mainstream TV news. The By-election was triggered by the death of ...

Two former NSW Police officers assaulted, kicked, stomped on and capsicum sprayed a naked, mentally unwell woman in a Western Sydney street before one of them sent body-worn camera clips to a ...

The Mystics have maintained their firm grip at the top of the ANZ Premiership netball ladder after a tight 56-52 win over the Southern Steel in Auckland 06 Jul: The Southern Steel are expecting key ...

Golfer Daniel Hillier will feature at The Open Championship major next week at the Royal Portrush course in Northern Ireland, courtesy of his European Tour ranking 07 Jul: Golfer Amelia Garvey has ...

The French aerial assault often caught the ABs on the hop in the narrow first test win. Robertson says the All Blacks have been focused on tidying up kick-offs and defusing bombs in training. A number ...

A Utah judge has set an execution date for a man with dementia who has been on death row for 37 years, despite appeals from his legal team. Ralph Leroy Menzies, is set to be executed by firing squad ...

Firstly, birds are harder to “de-extinct” than placental mammals. One would need a surrogate egg to bring chicks to term, and for many moa species there are no eggs from living birds big enough to ...

The Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister, has announced the New Zealand Anti-Scam Alliance. Scott Simpson, says the alliance establishes a formal structure for government agencies, banks, telcos, ...

Police were called to reports shots had been fired on Chartwell's Bellmont Avenue about 6.30 last night, and found a 31-year-old man dead. That sparked a massive ground and aerial manhunt. Police ...

They're subject to Orange Rain Warnings for tomorrow - with a chance of worsening to Red. It's after weeks of on-and-off extreme weather, bringing surface flooding, slips and punishing rain. Civil ...