West Coast historian Les Wright’s family has revealed he died only hours before searchers found him after surviving four days lost in dense North Island forest.

NetSafe says the way to combat "playground" cyber bullying is to educate school communities.

Engineers worked overnight to complete a major safety inspection to get train services to the capital back in action this morning.

The eastern entrance of the Homer Tunnel will be closed for about two weeks.

If your job is to stop national treasures being exported, is allowing them to rot away at home a preferable outcome?

A complex trough of low pressure over the Tasman Sea is forecast to slowly approach the country during Tuesday and Wednesday and should cross central New Zealand early Thursday morning.

Psychiatric patients are refusing treatment because they cannot smoke at DHB facilities, the High Court has been told.

Some Wellington train services will resume as usual in time for rush-hour this evening.

A shallow earthquake has struck west of Te Anau in the deep south.

A recent study indicates that blue whales in the South Taranaki Bight might be doing more than just passing through on their way to and from summer feeding grounds in Antarctica.

A 38-year-old man will be appearing in the Kaitaia District Court tomorrow charged with murder. Police launched a homicide investigation after a serious incident involving a firearm today at a Fairburn Road address near Kaitaia.

Bill English says new legislation aimed at improving housing affordability sends a message to property developers. 

Today 300 people gathered at Wyuna Bay to celebrate the value of the Coromandel Harbour and support a flotilla of boats, kayaks and surfers sailing across the harbour, which is included in Schedule 4 of the Crown Minerals Act, to defend it from mining.

Friends of the Auckland police officer facing drug-related charges say they are shocked at the allegations.

A Palmerston North rapist's case has been referred to the High Court so a sentence of preventative detention can be considered.