Emergency Management Minister Mark Mitchell flew over the damaged area in a helicopter, before addressing media on Saturday.

People in and near Central Otago have had a late jolt from an earthquake, centred about 30km west of Queenstown. GeoNet said ...

With fears her test career may have been over after missing the first squad of the season, Black Fern Ruby Tui took a moment ...

One of the most talked-about fixtures of the Lions tour finally takes place in South Australia, with the Ian Foster-coached ...

US tariffs have helped produce a surprise $US27 billion budget surplus for June, a turnaround from a $71 billion deficit for ...

Mārahau residents say a big clean-up is underway, after the river burst its banks on Friday, ripping through the beachside settlement in Tasman. Civil defence did a welfare check on the isolated ...

Four years after her own mental health crash, the 24-year-old White Fern is spreading the word about a free kids' counselling hotline.

Nick Tipping checks out jazz tunes which describe evoke cities and streets, including Jonathan Crayford's 'Skyscraper Scaffold', Duke Ellington's 'Sidewalks of New York', and Myele Manzanza's 'Brixton ...

An elderly couple remain in hospital, after emergency services responded to a gas leak at a Manawatū home. Emergency services ...

Auckland bass player Jabulani (Jay) Moyo takes inspiration from the traditional sungura dance music he grew up listening to with his dad. Jay Moyo is a regular in the city's live jazz scene - ...

On this week's show there's blues from Lightnin' Hopkins and John Mayall, soul courtesy of Candi Staton, ska from the Specials plus classic country from Johnny Paycheck.