Pharmac is considering trimming its list of medications awaiting funding, focusing on those that have stayed in the lowest-ranked group for more than two years. There are more than 120 drugs currently ...

Brad Windust estimated the hornet species has likely been on our shores for many months, and its population could now be in the hundreds, putting New Zealand's honeybees at risk - including our 27 ...

Pacific Island nations have voted against the United States to end trade embargoes on Cuba. The vote in the United Nations General Assembly puts the whole Pacific in opposition to the US, as well as ...

The US government went into shutdown on 1 October after Republicans and Democrats in Congress failed to pass appropriations funding government services.

Canterbury University has done a large scale test on the sort of steel frame and concrete multistories common in New Zealand.

There is still not enough known about the seafloor to decide if deep sea mining can start in the Cook Islands, government scientist says.

A cyclist has been seriously injured after being hit by a car near Queenstown. Emergency services were called to the crash on ...

Kelvin John Williams told the child he felt like a "dirty old man" talking to her - but the messages did not stop.

Te Pāti Māori president John Tamihere has told MPs Mariameno Kapa-Kingi and Tākuta Ferris to "do the honourable thing" and quit Parliament.

In today's episode, Three of the country's largest secondary schools are now affected by the measles outbreak, with 17 known cases so far nationwide; Consumer advocates are warning not to let the lure ...

Dozens of wedding guests rushed to shelter children under tables and hold up the walls of a reception hall during an intense ...

Tonga Rugby League president says forward 'Eliesa Katoa is being monitored at Auckland Hospital after suffering two head ...