A young Mexican social media influencer, known for her videos about beauty and makeup, was brazenly shot to death during a ...

New Zealand has the highest suicide rate for children, a survey of wealthy countries shows. Fire crews south of Ashburton have been battling a large rural fire burning through around 14,000 hay bales ...

Three patients have been transported to hospital in serious condition after a person was trapped in head-on crash in Dunedin ...

Misinformation on a Queenstown social media page about school bus service cuts forced two councils to issue statements and a school principal to reassure parents.

An Israeli-American hostage has been released from 19 months of captivity in Gaza during a brief pause in fighting and reunited with his family, but Israeli strikes soon resumed. Warning: sexual ...

A Christchurch eye surgeon who attempted to murder his former business landlord has been granted parole and will be released from prison early next month.

India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire after US pressure and four days of fighting, but within hours explosions rang out in border cities, and India accused Pakistan of violating the pact. The ...

Prime minister Christopher Luxon has accused critics of the government's pay equity shake-up of "scaremongering" and ...