Parts of the South Island are welcoming the New Year with heavy rain warnings and severe thunderstorm watches.

Nearly 60 women lawmakers in Japan have submitted a petition calling for more toilets in the parliament building to match ...

President Emmanuel Macron did not reference the legislative push in a New Year's Eve address but pledged to "protect our ...

The exercises saw China fire dozens of rockets towards Taiwan and deploy a large number of warships and aircraft near the ...

Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi says the footage is "laughable" and that Kyiv is "absolutely confident ...

Police are crediting Operation Open Roads for the reduction in road deaths for the third year in a row. In a statement, ...

Britain's Queen Camilla has described for the first time fighting off an attack by a man on a train when she was a teenager, ...

One person has been found dead on Kaipara Coast Highway, north of Auckland. Police had earlier asked motorists to avoid the ...

A person has died following a crash in Waikato's Hauraki District. Police were called to the intersection of State Highway 26 ...

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Motorists are being asked to avoid the village of Makarau, north of Auckland, after an incident. Police were called to ...

This Australian animation features an international voice cast led by Nick Offerman and Nina Oyama, who can't wait for ...