Here's a guide to what is and isn't open on Christmas Day. Christmas Day is one of four restricted trading days in New Zealand (Christmas Day, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, and until 1pm on Anzac Day), ...

A court has ruled Canterbury's regional council erred when it allowed farms to discharge nitrates and other pollution without consents, but ...

Two explosions and a fire, apparently sparked by leaking gas, has ripped through a nursing home near Philadelphia in the United States, killing ...

A NZ law professor is calling for the UK's role to be considered when it comes to compensation for villagers impacted by the sinking of the Manawanui.

"While six out of the top 10 offenders are minors across the FSSI store network, no minors or vulnerable people will be included in the watchlist during the project," said the 26-page report recently ...

An emotional England captain Ben Stokes says the mental well-being of his players is his main priority heading into the last two matches of ...

A boy with no lifejacket spent an hour swimming away from his burning boat on Lake Taupō while rescue helicopter calls were delayed by police.

Te Rūnanga o Moeraki has declared a rāhui on collecting shellfish from Kaihīnaki (Moeraki Boulders) to the western end of Onekakara ...

A customer who had his IKEA order refunded on Christmas Eve says there are problems with the way the retailer is handling orders.

An emotional England captain Ben Stokes says the mental well-being of his players is his main priority heading into the last two matches of ...

Christmas Eve has been the busiest shopping day of the year with 9745 sales a minute at its peak. Payments company Worldline says noon to 1pm saw 563,303 sales recorded on its network, down by about 7 ...