Napier residents are dismayed by the council’s proposal to close the city’s library for two years in a bid to keep a lid on ...

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake that rocked the bottom of the South Island struck in a seismic environment poorly understood by scientists – but which poses a major tsunami hazard. The 2.43pm quake hit ...

New Zealand officials have raised the alert code for the offshore volcano Whakaari/White Island, which is emitting large ...

The council has requested an engineer's report on the chimney.

Simeon Brown has released what he says is a first-ever plan for a national, long-term health infrastructure plan.