Deciding whether to chop a tree down has often been a fraught process at the Marlborough District Council, but new technology could change that.

Police Minister Ginny Andersen says it is unacceptable officers are expected to attend mental health callouts - turning up "simply because no-one else will".

A group of 70 students have written an open letter asking the senior leadership team to reconsider.

Bedbugs are prehistoric parasites, evolving some 100 million years ago when dinosaurs roamed the Earth: "When dinosaurs died off, bedbugs did not."

Daya inadvertently set off the fire alarm inside the area of the South East Asia Jungle Track high canopy habitat in late August.

Fonterra increases farmgate milk price forecast

Paper passports could finally be on the way out.

Australian PM Anthony Albanese remains hopeful a referendum to recognise the country's Indigenous people in the constitution will succeed.

Celebrating 45th Lake Taupō Cycle Challenge

Te Whatu Ora is warning people to be on the lookout for measles symptoms, with locations of interest across Wellington, including Wellington Zoo.