Beauden Barrett says NZ Rugby's current rules of only picking players who play in this country is the way to go.

Police have launched a homicide investigation after a man died in the Bay of Plenty overnight. They say about six people were ...

The Education Ministry has ordered the closure of an early-childhood centre attended by murdered boy Malachi Subecz.

There's been an alarming resurgence of cases of rickets across the country. The condition causes deformed bone growth and in the worst cases, seizures - leading to death. Ben Wheeler is a professor at ...

Federal authorities restricted helicopter flights near the US capital's Reagan Washington National Airport indefinitely, two days after a midair collision between a passenger jet and a military ...

A 'sit in' at the Begonia House is taking place this morning to protest its possible demolition. Wellington City Council has ...

From a substantial cabinet reshuffle, the start of oral submissions on the Treaty Principles bill, and lately, talk of ...

It's hard to find closure when the culprit is still out there, victim's niece says: "The fact that he's died in the way that ...

Joyous families are being reunited, and Palestinians are making the grim march back to what is left of their homes amid ...

Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson has announced she is ready to return to politics and she's looking forward to Waitangi as her first engagement. Following a routine mammogram she was diagnosed ...

The victim's niece wants the culprit to be caught - both for closure, and to know it will not happen to somebody else.

A look back at some of the funnier stories of the past week.