Warning: distressing images. More than 31,000 New Zealanders want an independent "Commissioner for Animals" to improve welfare for companion ...

The Israeli military deployed additional forces to southern Lebanon overnight, to take up what a military spokesperson on Tuesday described ...

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said he expected the war against Iran was "not going to take years", as the conflict widens with Israel ...

The government is brushing off accusations of naivety from the opposition over plans to pursue a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal as ...

Two people have been flown to hospital, one in a serious condition, following a water rescue in the Caitlins this afternoon. Emergency ...

The family of a young man shot and killed by a hunter on Stewart Island last year say the hunter's failure to identify his target has left ...

For the first time in 40 years, no fish were weighed in at the Rakaia Fishing Competition due to woefully low numbers of salmon in the river. But ...

The All Black Sevens side will head to the New York and Vancouver legs of the World Sevens Series without head coach Tomasi Cama. New Zealand ...

The annual Marching Otago Championships were held at the Edgar Centre in the weekend. A change in venue was needed due to the forecast of wind ...

The Middle East still accounts for a small share of global spending on luxury - between 5% and 10%, according to RBC analyst Piral Dadhania. But the region was "luxury's brightest performer" last year ...

Former US President Bill Clinton told lawmakers that President Donald Trump told him he had "some great times" with sex offender Jeffrey ...

The Prime Minister has admitted he "misspoke" when he said New Zealand supported "any actions" to prevent Iran having nuclear weapons.