Knives, homemade tasers, screwdrivers, knitting needles, knuckledusters and even a small axe are just some of the items.

The Department of Conservation (DoC) is alerting swimmers to look out for great white sharks after sightings in the Kawhia ...

A child has died after being struck by a vehicle in a driveway in Masterton. Police said a crash occurred on Atkinson Street ...

A dozen inmates at Waikeria Prison in Waikato will be charged with misconduct, after being found to have consumed homebrew on ...

Dixon Handshaw thought he was an only child for most of his life. But decades after being adopted, the 75-year-old learned he ...

Buddhika Rajapakse, who is based in Auckland, has received two letters from BP telling him he's driven off from a petrol ...

A Dunedin man with a learning disability is spending Christmas Day cooped up inside a motel, as the date to move back into ...

Volunteers are grappling with environmental havoc across more than 56 kilometres of coastline after at least 3700 tons of ...

President-elect Donald Trump said he will direct the Department of Justice to "vigorously pursue the death penalty" after ...

The King will deliver his annual Christmas message from a former hospital chapel. New Zealand is the first country in the ...

Fiji police say those living in flood-prone areas in the Western Division should move to higher ground due to flooding.