St John's free Caring Caller service has been running for more than 25 years, and has about 600 trained volunteers.

Otago Fish and Game is continuing to monitor wetlands and estuaries near the Waikouaiti wastewater treatment plant, where ...

"I just sensed there was going to be danger when I saw him walk up the stairs to her house", Emma Nguyen says of the attack ...

Tonight on, Wallace Chapman and panellists Sue Bradford and David Downs discuss a new report suggesting retirees will need ...

Eleven Cabinet ministers were selected instead of 12, with four of them elected by the Prime Minister under the provisions of ...

Police issued an amber alert when asking for the public's help to find an 11-year-old girl who went missing from her home in ...

A strong 5.4 earthquake has rocked the lower North Island, centred 10 kilometres east of Eketahuna in the Tararua district.

Taranaki leaders say the Offshore Renewable Energy Bill - which was before a select committee - only goes part way to ...

Economic Growth Minister Nicola Willis has joined the government voices urging more mining, but the opposition says it is a ...

Tasman District Council is currently re-consulting on changes that would primarily lower the speed limits on high-risk rural ...

A new survey shows monarch butterfly populations are dwindling, and advocates are reintroducing a tagging system (yes, you ...