Palestinian militants began handing over three Israeli hostages in Gaza on Thursday in return for 110 Palestinian prisoners ...

A risk assessment by the Department of Conservation looked at 1145 species of birds, bats, lizards, and frogs, insects and ...

Work is underway to protect taxpayer information from quantum computing's power to break through commonly used encryption ...

Opinion - Success will depend on how they are implemented and, most of all, on the sector receiving sufficient funding.

ANZ chief economist Sharon Zollner said businesses may be having a reality check and have accepted that lower interest rates ...

Advocates say many in the disabled community, particularly deaf people, submitted on the bill - but are now being excluded.

At a time when more and more people are looking for paid work, Marion Waterland is never short of volunteers at the op shop ...

Fire and Emergency (FENZ) said it was alerted to the large scrub fire at around midnight and it had since grown to 1200 ...

Climate Change Minister Simon Watts has revealed New Zealand's second emissions reduction target of between 51 and 55 percent ...

Some principals are reporting major problems with the revamped school lunch scheme - including late meals and ham in halal ...

Sprinter Revell-Lewis has fallen agonisingly short of a national record over a lap of a standard running track, clocking ...

Former minister of Justice Kiritapu Allan made a submission as the committee heard from organisations such as YouthLaw ...