Our Water Industry Operations Group has crowned Timaru the nation's champion for the third time - sending into the transtasman competition. Criteria include colour, clarity, odour and taste - when ...

Winger Rieko Ioane has been ruled out of tomorrow's match in Hamilton, with a tight hamstring. That means another reshuffle for the New Zealand backline ... Sevu Reece shifts to the left wing, while ...

Police have closed Waitohu Valley Road - while a scene examination's carried out.

Israel claims to have launched the attacks to protect Syria's Druze, who Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as "brothers". The Druze also have a substantial community in Israel and ...

Social Development stats show eight-thousand more people were on a main benefit in June - compared to March. Social Development and Employment Minister Louise Upston says this two-percent increase, ...

Ravindra's back with the national men's side after a stint in the American Major League Cricket competition. It will be Ravindra's first match under new coach Rob Walter - who won his first game in ...

South Australian police divers have launched a new search for the body of 15-year-old Adelaide girl Melissa Trussell, who went missing in 2000 in a suspected double murder. Melissa and her 33-year-old ...

The return of experience in Tyrel Lomax and Anton Lienert-Brown to the All Blacks run-on side counters an experimental-looking starting XV for the third test against France in Hamilton 17 Jul: Seven C ...

Police say the pair were arrested hours after the new Tactical Retail Crime Unit began operations in Auckland on Monday. The 37-year-old man and 28-year-old woman are accused of regularly targeting ...

It happened near the intersection of Onslow and Hall Streets.

Captain Alex Rufer is the biggest name to sit out the marquee meeting with the glamour English Championship outfit, who boast Hollywood ownership. The midfielder suffered an unspecified injury on All ...

If your initial screening results warrant further investigation you may also have a liquid-based cytology test as part of the follow-up, she says. Like a pap smear, Dr Hammond says it involves a ...