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Curtis says he suffered internal injuries.

The Reserve Bank has been consulting on its proposals for minimum standards for cash services in New Zealand.

Five companies across the country will receive grants totalling $3.7 million to go towards setting up collection points for the forestry waste.

North Korea has reportedly deployed thousands of highly skilled IT workers who posed as remote freelancers, using false identities.

A 52-year-old man has been charged with murder following the woman's death.

Philip Kean said former student Smit Manchchhar did the best he could ’with a knife in your side’.

The role is hoped to unlock more pairs of hands for medical care and attract more overseas workers to rural practices.

Pacific Island contingents are finalising their preparations for the upcoming 2026 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Daka, Senegal.

The council says it anticipated the prosecution and acknowledges the seriousness of the incident.

Kiwi athletics great Dame Valerie Adams leads the tributes to a legendary New Zealand sports journalist.

A traditional dance workout is helping Cook Islands women lead healthier lives.

The Japanese city of Osaka is rising again after decades of strict groundwater regulations.

The answer is more nuanced than it's ever been.

An environmental group in American Samoa is taking legal action against the United States government over its plans for deep-sea mining near the territory'.

Political parties, candidates and Members of Parliament gearing up towards Fiji's upcoming general elections have been encouraged to adhere to strict campaign rules.

The New Zealand music legend turns 70-years-old on 3 January and will celebrate with a show at the Coroglen.

Kenny Leslie McMillan was jailed in 2021 on charges relating to the supply of more than 10kg of meth.

The 33-year-old pleaded not guilty in July and will go to trial next year.

What can you do if you're staring down a sentence for drug driven crime?

The island nation, one of the world's smallest, has had 10 substantive governors-general - all of them men - since gaining independence on 1 October 1978.

Federated Farmers says the proposed land value tax doesn't reflect farm profitability.

Research showed single-swab tests for Covid, flu, and RSV cut unnecessary antibiotics and in some cases, avoided referrals to hospital.

RNZ looks through 16 documents that led up to Nicola Willis’s announcement that 8700 jobs would go.

The Solomon Islands delegation supported 140 out of 181 recommendations from the country's most recent Universal Periodic Review at the United Nations Human Rights Council.

A credit score is a number, usually between zero and 1000, used by a credit rating agency to illustrate your creditworthiness.

The bodies of two people were found at separate addresses on Tuesday.

The weather may be starting to improve, but the climate in the job market is bleak.

Several new rules tomorrow may change how you drive.

A seven-month-old baby and woman have been named as victims of a crash in Peria in August.

It's the first time Auckland's average asking price on Realestate.co.nz has dropped below $1 million for the first time in six years.

Health NZ is transferring patients as far as Christchurch and offering $3000 a day to locums.

International relations experts are warning the case claiming New Zealand is not meeting EU trade agreement climate commitments could seriously impact the country's reputation.

The Labour Party leader paid a visit to the local mall, donned hi-vis and got his hands on a power drill, before dropping into a cut-price grocer and addressing a packed-out public meeting.

Divinyls lead singer Chrissy Amphlett was a rock icon who lived hard and burned bright - but the woman underneath was far more vulnerable.

The woman was found dead by police at a house in Edgeware on Wednesday morning.

Principals warned the reports were unfair on schools in poor communities.