A ferry carrying 342 passengers sank today in the southern Philippines, leaving at least eight dead, a local mayor said.

Even after surrendering their five-match Twenty20 series against India with two games still to play, the Black Caps are ...

The first escorted convoys of vehicles moved along State Highway 35 from Tikitiki up to Te Araroa on Monday as road crews ...

A colossal winter storm has caused extensive damage and disruption in the United States, and its impact isn’t over yet. It ...

A Napier house has been destroyed and another damaged after candles started a living room fire. A Fire and Emergency New ...

Today on The Country radio show, host Jamie Mackay catches up with WeatherWatch’s Phil Duncan. Mackay asks Duncan if there ...

Lewis, who works three to four months each year for Napier shearing contractor Brendan Mahony, surprised even himself with ...

One lane of the ageing Waitangi Bridge will close from 9am-3pm for work that will reinstate a 100km/h speed limit for the ...

An Auckland bakery has stopped selling a popular pie after Auckland Council said the horse meat used wasn’t cleared for human ...

Emergency services were called to the scene near Whanganui Airport at 8pm on Sunday. Fire and Emergency assistant commander ...

For more than 30 years, William “Bill” Town has been a familiar face on the steam train that roars into Napier for the annual ...

OPINION: It is no crime for an employer to decide an employee is not good enough.