Iran has ruled out Oman's proposal for regional joint management of the Strait of Hormuz, a senior Iranian official said, ...

A major change to how leave is calculated in workplaces has become law. The Employment Leave Bill passed its third and final ...

An updated Dog Control Act should be in place by next year, Local Government Minister Simon Watts says. On Wednesday he ...

A climber whose companion plummeted 200m down Mt Aspiring clambered up difficult alpine terrain in the bitter cold for three ...

The European Union's response to wildfires needs more funding, greater focus on forest management and enhanced education ...

Legal advice about controversial councillor Benedict Ong's behaviour has cost the Dunedin City Council almost $10,000. That ...

The native bird found to be infected with the deadly H5 bird flu in Wairarapa was actually the country’s first case of the ...

Predator Free Dunedin will receive $3.9 million over the next three years to advance its predator elmination programme, ...

Immigration New Zealand is facing an independent financial audit after revelations that its bungled technology upgrade cost ...

A Southland seafood company has been fined $39,000 for illegally moving thousands of oysters and mussels, putting the Bluff ...

The government has decided not to ban the public sale of fireworks, outraging the SPCA and prompting one coalition partner to ...

Large-scale data centres will be forced to invest in additional renewable energy to fuel their operations and avoid causing ...