She was supposed to be helping vulnerable clients on behalf of the Government - instead she was using their names to steal money and making them pay it back.

The Government says a study that has associated pollution from gas stoves with the premature deaths of hundreds of New Zealanders every year “is an important piece of work” - but people with gas ...

A 62-year-old man has gone missing in Tauranga. Cecil was last seen around a week ago in the Ohauiti/Hairini area. A police spokesman said it is believed he may be in Tauranga or Hastings. “Police and ...

Residents at one of Rotorua’s pensioner housing blocks say they will not be signing new tenancy agreements until they receive assurances over rental fee increases. It comes amid confusion and anger ...

Flight FR8718 to London Stansted was about 20 minutes into the air when a disturbance reportedly occurred at the front of the ...

Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91. The Jane Goodall Institute said in post on ...

A manhunt is under way in Northland after a large contingent of police and the closure of a state highway failed to find a wanted person. The police operation, which began at a property near Lake Ohia ...

A body was found on Mt Taranaki on Tuesday afternoon.Cameron Burnell / Taranaki Daily News A body has been found in the search for a missing person on Mt Taranaki. A person was reported missing in the ...

Broadcaster and psychologist Nigel Latta has died aged 58 after battling stomach cancer. The news was announced on Wednesday morning by wife Natalie Flynn, who said her husband was “never dying, just ...

A person was critically injured in an incident in Christchurch on Tuesday morning. Emergency services responded and took the person to hospital from the Sparks Rd property, in Halswell, around 2.30am.

A northern beaches family’s policy of phones on the table led investigators to discover an “inappropriate relationship” between a 15-year-old and his drama teacher, police will allege in court. Ella ...

The Defence Force’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal (NZDF EOD) team is at the scene of a property in Te Arai, in northern Auckland. Police said they received a report that an “unknown substance” had been ...