An Israeli-American hostage has been released from 19 months of captivity in Gaza during a brief pause in fighting and reunited with his family, but Israeli strikes soon resumed. Multiple chickens ...

Prime minister Christopher Luxon has accused critics of the government's pay equity shake-up of "scaremongering" and ...

The government is "testing children to death" with the announcement of a new maths test for the youngest children, says the ...

A Christchurch eye surgeon who attempted to murder his former business landlord has been granted parole and will be released from prison early next month. Pornography has been found on the work ...

Three patients have been transported to hospital in serious condition after a person was trapped in head-on crash in Dunedin ...