Popular beaches in holiday hotspots in both islands have been forced to close this afternoon after separate shark sightings, ...

Five drivers at a holiday hotspot have been pinged for excess breath alcohol as police completed 28 separate checkpoints in ...

A woman has been charged with murder after a man’s body was found inside a burnt-out car in Western Australia. Emergency ...

Test your brains with the Herald’s afternoon quiz. Share your score with friends, family, & colleagues, and find out who has ...

For once, fortune favoured the ASB Classic tournament organisers when the draw was made for the women’s event on Saturday.

A driver caused chaos during a late-night rampage in Ōpōtiki last night, ramming a number of vehicles and a person before ...

Holidaymakers in Gisborne are being warned to steer clear of waterways and beaches due to serious health and safety risks. It ...

Police in Waikato have offered more in reward money earlier this year than they have spent in their search for missing ...

Each week our cartoonists at the New Zealand Herald tackle the big stories of the day. 'We are all too familiar with the ...

The death toll after a bridge collapse in northern Brazil increased to 10 on Friday, authorities said. The Juscelino ...

All the action from the third day of the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Australia’s fiery pace attack ...