Multiple cars have been damaged by fire in a Rotorua hotel carpark. A Fire and Emergency NZ spokeswoman said they received reports of a car on fire in a car park on Fenton St, between Sala and Gwendoline Sts, about 4.30am.The... Read...

A `seasonal sniffle` is keeping Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern home today, linked to her toddler daughter Neve`s day care. `The [Prime Minister] is suffering the consequences of having a child that goes to day care and has picked... Read...

Jacinda Ardern will miss the first day back in Parliament after a three-week recess after catching a cold from daughter Neve. Read...

The flood reached 1.5 metres in the garden and 80 centimetres indoors; as the water receded, human waste was left all over the garden - and it`s still there two weeks later. Read...

A car has collided with a barrier on State Highway 2 near Norsewood. Read...

Police hoping to corner the would-be thief blocked the property entrance, but the offender rammed the car and fled the scene. Read...

Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates are officially divorced, after a judge approved their split on Monday. Read...

The government and Reserve Bank have agreed on new moves to tighten mortgage lending, including tougher loan to value ratios, debt to income ratios, to cool the housing market. Read...

Labour`s Te Tai Hauāuru MP Adrian Rurawhe has backed Māori Party co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer`s call for Māori voters to be able to switch between the Māori and general roles with ease. Currently, Māori... Read...

A Dunedin doctor was caught drink-driving at more than four times the limit with his ailing mother in tow, a court has heard.Andrew Lukaszewicz, 34, told the Otago Daily Times he`d had only two glasses of wine before making the... Read...