Officials fronted the crowd of more than 300, but many left disappointed by a lack of clear answers about the disaster that ...

Christchurch and Banks Peninsula are being lashed by heavy rain as the wild weather moves south, causing flooding in Akaroa.

Banks Peninsula is under an orange heavy rain warning, with a further 70 to 100 millimetres of rain predicted.

It hasn't been ratified yet but the terms of New Zealand's free trade deal with India have been agreed on, even though the details are somewhat mysterious.

It hasn't been ratified yet but the terms of New Zealand's free trade deal with India have been agreed on, even though the details are somewhat mysterious. Audio ...

The Meg - a film about a giant prehistoric shark that decides to come out of the depths - is storming the international box office. It was made almost entirely in New Zealand with a huge contingent of ...

The British boyfriend of the New Zealand teenager, Emily Longley, has been found guilty of murdering her at his Bournemouth family home last year. Audio ...

A wrap of the day's big stories ...

Hamish Kerr has claimed New Zealand's highest sporting honour at the 63rd Halberg Awards in Auckland, after achieving heights in his career that no other Kiwi high jumper has reached. Kerr has won the ...

The demand from US rock band Van Halen that M&M's be among items in their backstage dressing room - minus the brown ones, is the stuff of rock n roll legends. However there's been many other ...