It was a sensational start to the 2024-25 road-racing season for Whakatane father-and-son team Mitch Rees (Honda CBR1000RR-R ...

State Highway 18 is now clear of Canadian Geese. Officers managed to shepherd the birds back through the fence alongside the road. Police would like to thank motorists for their patience as we worked ...

Tedros was in Yemen to negotiation the release of UN staffers who have been held hostage by the Houthi movement for several months, and assess the health and humanitarian situation in the country.

Heavy rain on the east coast of the North Island is set to begin to ease today (Friday), bringing sunnier and drier ...

Fire and Emergency New Zealand has completed its role in the wider New Zealand Government response to the 7.3 magnitude earthquake in Vanuatu last week. The team of 40 Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) ...

Analysis - A little less than a month ago, I declared that the 'A' in 'A-League' stood for 'Aotearoa', after a successful trip across the ditch for the Unite Round saw Auckland FC and the Wellington ...

On Boxing Day – 26 December 2004, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia, unleashing a massive tsunami that swept across the Indian Ocean. Waves as high as 51 meters (167 feet) ...

With COVID in retreat (thanks to highly effective vaccines), the three infectious diseases causing public health officials the greatest concern are malaria (a parasite), HIV (a virus) and tuberculosis ...

Rotorua Lakes Council removed the public bins from Blue Lake (Tikitapu) in March 2023 and said at the time it was to deter wasps and was on a trial basis. Now, the holiday park's operations manager, ...

Fiji MP Lynda Tabuya has been dismissed as the Minister for Women, Children and Social Protection. Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka said in light of the recent events concerning the conduct of Lynda ...

FBC News said these events highlight ongoing concerns about the navy's capabilities. FBC News has reached out to the Commander of the military forces, Ro Jone Kalouniwai for comment, but he's yet to ...

Suspected and confirmed cases of whooping cough have reached 127 in Samoa. Samoa's deputy director general of health, Dr Robert Thomsen, said 14 cases were confirmed and 113 suspected between ...