Simpson has been Auckland's Deputy Mayor, since Brown was elected Mayor three years ago. However, there had been mounting speculation Simpson was considering running against Brown for the mayoralty in ...

The 77-year-old chef - who has been married to former government official Jeffrey Garten since 1968 - is these days best known as the host of the Food Network programme 'Barefoot Contessa' but was ...

State Highway 2 - Matawai Road is closed between Gisborne and Opotiki, because of multiple slip. In the eastern Bay of Plenty, State Highway 2 is closed by flooding south-east of Whakatane. Fresh snow ...

The 49-year-old actor is the nephew of late 'Cheers' star George - who died in May at the age of 76 - and recalled that his uncle was something of a "hero" to him who taught him how to really "care" ...

Liam Hockings's family says the tragedy uncovered serious concerns about safety, and conditions in some accommodation - particularly for the most vulnerable people. They say lives depend on it.

Since May 2023, when five people died and 20 were injured, officers have been investigating whether the state of the building and its fire safety systems contributed to the tragedy. Police say the ...

This year viewership dropped 13 per cent to the event's second-lowest TV audience in 25 years, despite a change to four teams playing a three-game mini-tournament. The move to bring a stronger ...

Craig Gabriel reports from Paris. Elsewhere, Lorenzo Musetti meets Carlos Alcaraz. In the women's last four, the match-ups are Boisson-Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka-Iga Swiatek.

In the upper North Island, emergency services have been responding to dozens of reports of surface flooding, and trees falling on homes and power lines. In the central North Island, about 70 ...

38 Londres Street weaves together several narratives, but at its heart is the story of the legal attempts to end impunity for ...

The models confirmed their father Mohamed Hadid welcomed another daughter Aydan Nix with Terri Hatfield Dull after his divorce from Gigi and Bella's mother Yolanda Hadid but Aydan did not know about ...

When naming the line-up, Outi Saarinen mistakenly selected the long-retired Stina Ruuskanen instead of 23-year-old defender Nanne Ruuskanen for the Women's Nations League match. The error was not ...