Jemma Barltrop will host a much different occasion than originally planned.

Name changed amid global outcry over systemic racism.

Sorrces say he was unable to supply proper referees.

Mental health and women's health no longer compulsory at Otago medical school.

Department of Conservation investigating the incident.

'A transtasman bubble would be great, but they are still not quite there yet.'

Alcohol-fuelled violence ramped up and led to a string of arrests.

Job losses continue to mount.

Middlemarch has registered New Zealand's coldest June temperature since 2015.

His identity remains under wraps until August court date in front of a judge.

Much of the Central North Island and South Island woke to frosts this morning.

Ian Stead created 'records of work' using names of builders who worked on his house.

Heading south this winter? Here are some pit stops your kids will love.

COMMENT: "You've got nothing to lose."

Fine and sunny skies will darken from Thursday, with plummeting temperatures expected.

Commission finds multiple errors leading to the death, and continued afterwards.

The extremely rare clouds were spotted above Central Otago.

There is snow down to 400m in places of the South Island, what's in store for the north?

'Nothing short of a miracle' that a Dunedin woman and her partner survived, says judge.

Parents feel NZ's justice system has failed them.

The 'horrible, unimaginable brutal crime affected everyone in the village'.

Willowbank Dairy had reportedly been selling golliwogs for six months.

Judge tells man who forced himself on three women that his remorse has come too late.

Two Tongan orchard workers have been jailed for the attack in Cromwell last year.

Driver admits charges of careless driving causing injury after January bus crash.

It's the first holiday weekend since New Zealand moved to alert level 2 - and we're off.

"They say we're not in the risk category but it's everywhere," says 37-year-old.

NZ's adventure tourism capital welcomes back its buzz.

Up to 50 people turned up for the funeral of the patched Black Power member.