New Zealand

The Caker and the alleged celebrity faker who's launched a very similar line of ready mix luxury goodies after a collaboration with the self-taught NZ baker. Video, Audio

The tackle height will be lowered in community rugby in 2023. New Zealand Rugby has announced three game innovations that will be trialled next year, designed to improve player safety, flow of the… Video, Audio

Auckland is facing a public transport crisis and the government needs to get on an emergency footing, mayor Wayne Brown says.

In a statement Brown says Aucklanders should not and will not acept two… Video, Audio

The embattled skifield operator Ruapehu Alpine Lifts has received a $4 million rescue package - partly with help from the government - as it tries to make it to the next ski season.

The voluntary… Video, Audio

A student has died in Christchurch and a police cordon remains in place at the scene in Riccarton.

Emergency services were called to the incident just before four o'clock this morning.

Our reporter… Video, Audio

Auckland Transport is slashing its bus timetable to avoid the uncertainty of hundreds of daily trip cancellations due to driver shortages.

From Sunday November 6 bus trips that are regularly canned… Video, Audio

Now to Bluff, where locals have had the chance to meet a real NASA astronaut.

Dr Shannon Walker is the veteran of two space missions and was in Southland to launch a new science showcase.

Our… Video, Audio

Some Christchurch residents are going to great efforts to get into the Halloween spirit. A handful of properties in the suburb of Linwood have been decked out with extensive Halloween decorations in a… Video, Audio

Shocked family members in South Korea have been visiting hospitals and trying to find loved ones, after at least 153 people were crushed to death in Seoul.

As many as 100,000 people were celebrating… Audio

Three mayors have proposed their own changes to the contentious Three Waters scheme.

The mayors of Auckland, Christchurch and Waimakariri say their plan would end the divisive, nationwide argument on… Audio

Three years after the government announced it would scrap minimum wage exemptions and replace them with a wage subsidy, some disabled workers are still earning an average of just $5 an hour.

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The All Blacks will kick on for the next chapter of their Northern Tour needing a new captain and without some midfielders who have been sent to the 'B' team.

Following Saturday's narrow win over… Video, Audio

Residents and business owners have called the emergency housing system in Rotorua a "fiasco".

Today, locals and businesses told the housing ministry how the programme affects their lives and… Video, Audio

Christchurch police are confident they've arrested a group of youths responsible for recent assaults and vehicle thefts across the city.

A 14-year-has appeared in youth court on 81 charges, including… Video, Audio

Auckland Transport has announced cancelled bus journeys will now not exist at all. It says from Sunday, services that are being regularly cancelled because of the bus driver shortage will be suspended… Video, Audio

Air New Zealand says more planes are on the way and with them..the hope of cheaper airfares.

The national carrier is facing heavy criticism over the cost of its flights, with some passenger saying… Video, Audio

Hundreds of Australian Sikh volunteers are providing food and disaster relief for Victoria flood victims.

The charity delivered more than 270,000 free meals to vulnerable people during two years of… Video, Audio

A man who's life was saved by a bystander after a heart-attack says it's a miracle he's alive.

He's one of the 11 percent of New Zealanders who survive a cardiac arrest every year. This month Hato… Audio