Digger Balme in action shearing a sheep. Photo/Supplied. The annual Te Puna Speed Shear will take place this Saturday at the ...

Taupō motorists should be aware of changing road layouts and speed restrictions for some months ahead. It comes as ...

Kawerau fire chief and village councillor Kenneth Austin wants locals to be aware of fire risks this summer. A scorching high ...

The Los Angeles Rams home playoff game against the Minnesota Vikings has been moved to Arizona due to raging wildfires in the ...

When nature calls, Masana Izawa has followed the same routine for more than 50 years: heading out to the woods in Japan, ...

More than 10,000 kilometres from Los Angeles, a Hawke’s Bay resident can only sit and watch as the devasting wildfires that ...

A New Zealand shell company was used to wire money in a healthcare fraud scheme worth more than half a billion dollars.

One of New Zealand’s most notorious rapists, whom police once described as a “filthy savage”, has made little progress behind ...

I only lived in Gisborne for four years but it seems a little disingenuous to claim the budget blowout at Rugby Park is due ...

Raglan dog owners may have spotted animal control officers at the Raglan Domain recently, correcting signs and educating ...

“I don’t study animals to understand humans,” Conclave actor and ethologist Isabella Rossellini says. Isabella Rossellini was ...

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