The start of a murder trial can be nerve-racking. There is usually a large group of media at the court precinct, the accused ...

Rates are among the lowest in the country and Mauger says he knows keeping them that way is a priority for residents.

The second seeded pair are through to the last eight at the Australian Open, but only after another come from a set down ...

As US President Joe Biden was making one final lap around town this week, his appearances belied a grim reality: This is not ...

A researcher got so sick of arguments over the importance of good food for helping children with cancer she's leading a study ...

Aluminium is one of the most polluting nonferrous metals to make, as its current production is mostly powered by coal.

Exhausted Los Angeles firefighters on Sunday local time braced for the return of yet more dangerously strong gusts, as California's governor slammed "hurricane-force winds of misinformation" ...

Auckland Council's co-governance and co-management representative says they have been told by fire crews the blaze on Māngere ...

A well-known international ultrarunner seeking to log the shortest-ever traverse of New Zealand's Te Araroa trail has ...

Imagine earning $3.5 million ($US2 million) a day - that was the average daily income for the world's billionaires last year.

A person was rescued from a house fire in Whakatane this afternoon, and has been treated by ambulance staff. Fire and ...

After eight months working as a kitchen hand, a 16-year-old says she felt backed into a corner by her employer who told her ...