The move may be designed to increase pressure on Ukraine to cede land as the US and Russian presidents prepare to meet.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 has struck Indonesia's West Papua region. The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) ...

A Pacific advocate for youth homelessness says the country must address poverty and systemic inequities to fix the housing ...

State of Origin star Kurt Capewell will miss NZ Warriors' crucial home game against St George Illawarra Dragons on Friday ...

Other examples of journalists accused of terrorism and targeted by Israeli forces include Yaser Murtaja, who had been vetted ...

A Christchurch hotel building that has sat empty in the central city since the earthquakes will soon become a five-star ...

Kaipara motorists are demanding compensation after their car tyres were ripped up by razor sharp road metal, which they said ...

Winter illnesses are hitting Canterbury schools hard, with staff sidelined and students calling in sick. Rangiora High School ...

More than 220 local politicians have won a spot on their council or community board without a single vote being cast. The ...

A New Zealand woman and her six-year-old son who live in Washington state have been detained by US immigration. Newsweek has ...

A man who strangled his girlfriend to death and lived in the same flat as her decaying corpse for nearly a month is to be released from jail. Gordon Hieatt murdered his girlfriend, Nuttidar Vaikaew, ...

MPs are back for a two-week sitting block, with a smorgasbord of proposed laws scheduled for debate. Here are the bills up ...