The Drug Foundation says people are lining up to have their substances tested on the first day of Rhythm and Vines. Two ...

A nurse has been hospitalised with stab wounds after attending a callout to a property in Rotorua. It is believed a man has ...

Two people have died in a two-vehicle crash north of Mangaweka in the central North Island today, brings the holiday road ...

Fire and Emergency are warning people to be mindful of the products they purchase over the summer period with lithium ...

One person has died in a two-vehicle crash in the Far North, police say, bringing the holiday road toll to seven. Thousands ...

Foodie-farmer Nadia Lim says she is aiming for a more "relaxed and casual" atmosphere at Christmas this year - with only a 20 ...

With the holiday road toll season upon us, ODT editorial artist Austin Milne recounts how his father was killed by a drunk ...

William Curtis, the father of the two brothers who murdered Nia Glassie, will stand trial this week for abuse of the Rotorua ...

A man is due to appear in Porirua District Court on Saturday, charged with attempted murder after a cyclist was hit by a car ...

Police want 'at risk' children as young as nine to be targeted for social investment to prevent them becoming criminals. A fire investigator was last night trying to ascertain the cause of a fire ...

A Dunedin man is spending Christmas Day cooped up inside a motel, as the date to move back into his flood-damaged house keeps ...

A scaffolder has been paid out $17,500 by his former financial adviser when it was discovered he did not have the accident insurance in place that he thought he did. Police in Waikato have offered ...