Originating at a depth of roughly 20 kilometres, it is among the 10 strongest in recorded history and the largest worldwide ...

Shanghai has evacuated almost 283,000 people as Typhoon Co-May approaches the city on Wednesday, bringing lashing rains and ...

The Cook Islands Meteorological Service has upgraded its earlier tsunami advisory to a tsunami warning following 8.8 ...

There has been a spike in cases of rats chewing through the electronics of cars, with insurers also reporting an increase in ...

On Monday, the rescue team got a lead after polling on Arbon's phone pinpointed his last position. It showed that at 2.39pm ...

The Royal New Zealand College of GPs survey of more than 1300 doctors showed a significant numbers are about to leave the ...

Wednesday's magnitude 8.8 is one of the strongest ever recorded - but how much bigger and more destructive can quakes be?

New Wellington Phoenix women's coach Bev Priestman says she didn't feel safe in Canada and has found a haven in New Zealand.

But an ANZ chief economist said the recovery was uneven, with residential construction slumping to its worst result this year ...

A Dunedin student flat horror story is prompting a call to action to prevent others from falling prey to bad landlords and ...

Parliament's Speaker is considering a major rewrite of the rules for Question Time to prevent "an unequal competition".

Labour MP Willie Jackson says the government's move to block people from being able to enrol for 12 days before voting day is ...