The Drug Foundation says people are lining up to have their substances tested on the first day of Rhythm and Vines. Two ...

A nurse has been hospitalised with stab wounds after attending a callout to a property in Rotorua. It is believed a man has ...

Fire and Emergency are warning people to be mindful of the products they purchase over the summer period with lithium ...

Two people have died in a two-vehicle crash north of Mangaweka in the central North Island today, brings the holiday road ...

One person has died in a two-vehicle crash in the Far North, police say, bringing the holiday road toll to seven. Thousands ...

Foodie-farmer Nadia Lim says she is aiming for a more "relaxed and casual" atmosphere at Christmas this year - with only a 20 ...

With the holiday road toll season upon us, ODT editorial artist Austin Milne recounts how his father was killed by a drunk ...

William Curtis, the father of the two brothers who murdered Nia Glassie, will stand trial this week for abuse of the Rotorua ...

A man is due to appear in Porirua District Court on Saturday, charged with attempted murder after a cyclist was hit by a car ...

Police want 'at risk' children as young as nine to be targeted for social investment to prevent them becoming criminals. A fire investigator was last night trying to ascertain the cause of a fire ...

A Dunedin man is spending Christmas Day cooped up inside a motel, as the date to move back into his flood-damaged house keeps ...

A scaffolder has been paid out $17,500 by his former financial adviser when it was discovered he did not have the accident insurance in place that he thought he did. Police in Waikato have offered ...