Fire and Emergency will be relying on volunteer crews to fight fires in the main centres on Boxing Day between midday and 1pm ...

Britain's King Charles III called for "compassion and reconciliation" at a time of "division" across the world in his annual ...

Lebanon said Israeli strikes near the Syrian border and in the country's south killed three people on Thursday, as Israel ...

A side strain ended England fast bowler Jofra Archer's Ashes campaign while the beleaguered tourists dropped batter Ollie ...

Steve Smith returns to action in the Boxing Day test against England as Australia opted to include four fast bowlers in their ...

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Rockfall has been causing disruption on the roads around Arthur's Pass between Canterbury and the West Coast. Fire and ...

The Māui dolphin is a nationally critical subspecies of the Hector's dolphin, which is found on the west coast of the North ...

A public transport advocate, whose Auckland Light Rail submission made it onto the NZ Infrastructure Commission's list of ...

With his choirboy background and use of chamber instruments, Dudley Benson presented a unique artistic vision on his 2008 ...

The holiday period is upon us. And with that means music and festivals. While some events have succumbed to a tough economic ...

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