Motueka locals are digging deep to put their lives back together and raise money for their neighbours, as the region reels in the wake of severe flooding. Nick James reports.

Civil Defence is calling last week's flooding in the Tasman region the worst in nearly 150 years. Tasman mayor Tim King spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

The death toll from flash flooding in the state of Texas is at least 69, including 21 children - with search and rescue efforts entering a third day. United States correspondent Toni Waterman spoke to ...

Team Cofidis had 11 bikes stolen from their truck overnight before the start of the second stage of the Tour de France.

A leaked memo shows Wellington Hospital is cutting beds from its gynaecology and maternity wards in a trial aimed at making room for patients from the over-crowded Emergency Department. Ruth Hill ...

An international coalition for phasing out fossil fuels says it told the government after the election it would have to quit ...

The intersection of State Highway 2 and Kennedy Good Bridge is closed following the crash. Emergency services were on the ...

The mayor of South Taranaki says the district dodged a bullet after 280 millimetres of rain fell over 24 hours. Phil Nixon spoke to Melissa Chan-Green.

Teachers at last-chance education programmes for troubled teens say allowing them to keep students beyond the age of 16 would change lives. RNZ's education correspondent John Gerritsen reports.

Tutors and teachers at last-chance education programmes say allowing them to keep struggling secondary students beyond the ...

A mental health patient was not drug tested on the day he committed his second killing because the staffer believed he was ...

More than 650 reports have been made to the road cone hotline within its first month, but how effective has it been on the ...