For many New Zealanders, the Australian magpie is a familiar, if sometimes vexing, sight. Introduced from Australia in the ...

The Government's announced Resource Management Bill amendments, forcing the Council to allow apartments at least 10, or 15 storeys tall. Councillor Richard Hills told Heather du Plessis-Allan it's ...

MetService has issued an orange heavy rain warning for the area until 6pm tomorrow, with up to 30 millimetres an hour - of rain expected. Mayor Nadine Taylor declared a local state of emergency for ...

Former Iranian ambassador to Germany Seyed Mousavian, who was also part of Iran's nuclear diplomacy team with the UN in the 2000s, says US strikes on major Iranian nuclear sites are only a small ...

The WWE star - who is also known as Nikki Bella - split from the 'Dancing With the Stars' professional last August after two years of marriage following a row which saw police call to their home, and ...

Canadian filmmaker Denis Villeneuve will direct the next James Bond movie, Amazon MGM Studios has announced. The untitled film will be the first since the studio took creative reins of the storied ...

Treaty Negotiations Minister Paul Goldsmith has confirmed the Government would prefer a single commercial settlement with the iwi, but is open to smaller groupings. It's after debate over a clause in ...

Ella Davenport has been missing from her Hain Avenue home in Mangere East since Friday 20 June. An initial appeal for information was put out at the weekend, but the 57-year old has still not returned ...

Injury cover Christian Lio-Willie has been officially called into the 33-strong squad to replace Wallace Sititi, who is out of the three-test series against France due to a high ankle injury that ...

The M3GAN actress - who has three-year-old Arlo with fiance Alexander Dreymon - has recalled her "very stressful" time in hospital when she endured 36 hours of labour before needing an emergency ...

A 31-year-old woman's appeared in the Kaikohe District Court charged with neglect and fraud-related offences. She's been remanded in custody to reappear next month. A 45-year-old man has previously ...

Department of Conservation, local iwi and Project Jonah members are there, and staying overnight. A Massey University vet pathologist will fly in to do a necropsy - before appropriate tikanga is ...