New Zealand News

Rush over Unitary Plan means residents feel they don't have a say in future of city, writes Christine Rose.

A resolution has been agreed which should see authorities clearing New Zealand meat exports to China from next week, Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy has announced.

Erica Gunther and Thomas Jones, who says he was told by doctors he would be a father 10 minutes before Laurelin was delivered.

Interior demolition and strengthening refurbishment work has resumed on the old Farmers building site in Napier.

A Samoan national accused of raping a 16-year-old girl in a Flaxmere park has been banned from returning to Hawke's Bay unless he is due to appear in court.

Residents walk through debris of homes after the suburb of Moore, Oklahoma was left devastated by a tornado.

SERIOUS CONCERNS: Labour police spokesman Kris Faafoi says police officers are leaving in droves right around the country and the organisation is in danger of losing the public's confidence.

A raft of mistakes at Tauranga Hospital led to the misdiagnosis of a patient who later died, the Health and Disability Commissioner has found.

A plan to change Aucklanders' way of life through intensification is coming under attack as people wake up to the implications for their neighbourhoods.

MEDIA RELEASE: Tuesday 21 May 2013. Students from nine secondary schools in Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty gathered for a working breakfast yesterday to help shape and plan the future of their community.

The former chief evangelist of Apple, Guy Kawasaki, took center stage at the social media breakfast in Auckland on Wednesday, May 15 to share some of his enchanting wisdom on being enchanting and social media.

Chinese visitors usually opted to book package deals or tours of New Zealand, with the Bay of Islands, Rotorua and Queenstown.

The number of New Zealanders quitting this country for a better life across the Tasman slowed to its smallest monthly pace in almost three years, as the local economic prospects start overshadowing Australia's. Seasonally adjusted, almost 2,000 more people left New Zealand for Australia than arrived in April, according to Statistics New Zealand .

A Whangarei accountant has been suspended and ordered to pay $8000 after he misled the public by claiming to be a chartered accountant on his website.

If you're a history buff, a research scholar or someone with a deep interest in New Zealand and its heritage - here is a very special opportunity for you.

Bulla Grace had been drinking alcohol when he decided to put a pan of oil on the stove, the Rotorua Coroner has been told.

An aging population presents a big challenge to retailers, says the head of the NZ Retail Association.

Rotorua Hospital in New Zealand has opened the redeveloped Older Persons & Rehabilitation Service rehabilitation centre, which marks end of the Lakes Health Services Improvement Programme redevelopment project on the Rotorua Hospital site.

Stan Walker will well and truly hit the road this year, taking on an extensive national tour that will see him travel from Whangarei to Invercargill, playing 23 shows across the country through September and October.

Maori Television is still looking for talented young New Zealanders to take part in MATARIKI MAGIC , a two-hour show that will be screened LIVE from the Vodafone Events Centre in Manukau on June 22.