Prosecutors are pushing for up to 63 months, far longer than his lawyers request.

A man facing financial difficulties expected a $100,000 payday when he agreed to help import nearly 50. Instead, Va’a Va’a got more than 11 years in priso ...

Firefighters battled a blaze at a three-storey motel on Napier’s Marine Parade this evening. The fire at the Beach Front ...

A man who was hit by a van while fixing his car on the street was struck with such force that he was catapulted into the air across the car, hitting his head on the windscreen before falling on to the ...

A coastguard team who fashioned a sled as a stretcher to rescue an injured man off a steep cliff in turbulent seas has been ...

New Zealand’s top business leaders say local government is broken – slow, unaccountable and failing to deliver. The Herald’s Mood of the Boardroom survey, published tomorrow, shows an appetite for ...

An overhaul of the Holidays Act, which would change how workers accumulate and take annual and sick leave, has been given the go-ahead by ministers. Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van ...

Police have arrested a man in connection with more than 40 fraud-related offences totalling more than $68,000. Waitematā East ...

US President Donald Trump is expected to deliver what the White House called “an announcement” about autism, having long ...

A New Zealander living in southern China says her workplace is shut, streets are quiet and authorities are clearing anything ...

A mother has been left shaken after her daughter was allegedly stabbed in the head by another child at a primary school in ...

A Sydney woman has created a petition that would allow her child’s ride-on convertible to be parked in her apartment ...