The Government is cracking down on dog owners tying up pets for long periods. SPCA and MPI Animal Welfare inspectors can now issue fines over dogs found tethered in poor conditions and displaying ...

Luxon’s stuck. Poor old Luxon he's stuck between a rock and a hard place, really isn’t he.   And it's only going to get worse ...

A man has been found guilty of manslaughter, but cleared of murder, following a fatal shooting at 50th birthday party in Stokes Valley.

Concerns have been raised over the punishments NZ-based companies could face for greenwashing - and whether or not it's a suitable deterrent. An Australian ...

Waikato police have appealed to the public for sightings of a silver Nissan March believed to be involved in an incident where three men allegedly assaulte ...

A severe storm barrelling towards Auckland and the upper North Island could be classified as a tropical cyclone by the end of today, authorities say. Damaging gales up to 140km/h and torrential ...

The failure of a cot’s structural integrity has been identified as the sole cause of a young baby’s tragic death after he became trapped between the mattre ...

A bone discovered at a work site near Hastings suspected of being human has now been confirmed as coming from an animal.

An invaluable tool to prevent retail crime or an invasion of privacy that can be used to track you without your consent? Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith wa ...

A 14-year-old is barred from school due to a custody battle, despite legal requirements for him to attend. His mother has sought an order for him to attend school, asking the Family Court to override ...

Department of Conservation rangers working in the Waimatuku Stream near Invercargill have discovered it’s teeming with a threatened species of fish.

The Government is claiming it has already surpassed its target to reduce the number of victims of violent crime, though it admits the data is “volatile” an ...