A young woman jumped naked from the upper-storey window of a house to escape a prolonged and brutal beating perpetrated by ...

Coastguard Sumner volunteers and the Surf Life Saving SAR team have performed a dramatic rescue after a man slid 100m down ...

Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein is allegedly receiving treatment for chronic myeloid leukaemia while in jail on Rikers ...

Local Government Minister Simeon Brown has decided to place an observer on Wellington City Council following its decision to ...

Jared Savage covers crime and justice issues, with a particular interest in organised crime. He joined the Herald in 2006 and ...

A teenager had worked only four shifts as a pizza delivery driver before he was accused of stealing $50 and fired “on the ...

Darleen Tana is no longer an MP, with Speaker Gerry Brownlee this morning completing the final step in the process of ...

A group of young people who climbed onto the roof of their youth justice facility in Auckland’s Wiri were “hungry” and “tired ...

It’s official, Westmere Butchery has taken out the top prize in this year’s sausage awards with its pork and leek iteration.

The partner of murdered Christchurch real estate agent Yanfei Bao has spoken of his unfolding horror as he discovered she ...

On the first anniversary of Baby Ru’s death, the toddler’s mother Storm Wall is adamant she wasn’t involved in her child’s ...

Much more than a quaint means to see the best of Christchurch, the city’s tram network makes the perfect hop-on, hop-off food ...