The earthquake, the world's strongest in at least 14 years, has also caused tsunami waves in Russia, Japan and Hawaii.

The threat of a tsunami to New Zealand is being reassessed after the Russian earthquake was upgraded to a magnitude 8.7, the ...

Bev Priestman, banned after the Canadian drone spying scandal at the Paris Olympics, has been named as the Wellington side's ...

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

Te Pāti Māori is calling on the Electoral Commission to check its processes are robust, saying it's heard hundreds of ...

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 ...

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

NZ Warriors veteran Kurt Capewell has pledged his undying support to under-siege teammate Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, as the ...

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 ...