How I would like a poor church for the poor” – setting the tone for his pontificate, three days after his election in March ...

Here are some key dates in the life of Pope Francis, the first Jesuit and Latin American pope, who died on Monday, aged 88: ...

One Christchurch player has won $1 million in this evening’s Lotto First Division draw, while Powerball will now roll over to ...

A woman working for an early childhood provider stole more than $7000 from the organisation, leaving a large ripple effect on ...

A Vietnamese property tycoon who was jailed for life in a US$17 billion ($28b) money laundering case had her sentence cut to ...

One person is dead and two people have been taken to hospital after a crash in the Waikato town of Mangakino. Police said the ...

A West Auckland family are reeling after a fire tore through their Henderson home on Sunday night, leaving them homeless.

Nearly 1000 households are without power in the Tauranga suburb of Bellevue after a car crashed into a power pole before ...

I’ve wanted to visit Oman for years, captivated by its forts that seem wedged into the foothills of the jagged Hajar ...

The same man is alleged to have broken a window at a Whangārei fire station for the fifth time in 12 months, police say. The ...

A teen who took part in a violent and unprovoked street attack, coward-punching one of his victims, has narrowly avoided jail ...

Greenpeace is sounding alarms over Ashburton’s water, claiming nitrate levels in some supplies pose a dangerous threat to ...