Stories by Adam Burns

It is the first time Tingjun Cao has appeared since the real estate agent's body was found.

The proposal would save an estimated $10 million annually.

The frontman of award-winning New Zealand rock band The Feelers has been sentenced after he was caught driving at double the speed limit and refusing to provide a blood sample.

Just Standfast had pleaded guilty to several charges of sexual offending against 15 girls, aged between 5 and 16 in May.

The country's biggest one-day music festival will be a two day affair next year, organisers say.

It comes amid lingering questions about the project's financial backing, including whether the government will relieve an $85m budget shortfall.

Police prosecutors say that dozens of supermarket operators in the South Island are "courting danger" with their promotional practices, as they face the prospect of a week-long liquor licence…

An education academic is questioning the timing of the government's plan to overhaul the maths curriculum with changes for teachers coming thick and fast.

Al Noor Mosque worshippers have said they kicked out a glass pane in an emergency exit door at Christchurch's Al Noor Mosque and crawled out during the terror attack.

Nobby Clark "admires" his partner supporting a Dunedin councillor facing censure for supposed anti-Māori remarks.

A judicial hearing found the coach guilty of using threatening words or actions and grabbing the referee's shirt.

A recent industry survey showed nearly 34 percent of participants had witnessed bullying in the workplace in the last two years.

Musicians, writers and overseas publications have joined in tributes for Martin Phillipps, the late frontman of seminal New Zealand band The Chills. Audio

A former New Zealand footballer says he expects "heads to roll" within Canadian footballing ranks - including the women's team's head coach - over the Olympic Games drone scandal.

It comes after the council's chairperson was reinstated, despite being formally warned.

The temporary speed limit was introduced on Tuesday along a section of State Highway 8's Tekapo-Twizel highway for the remainder of the winter period.

But they have found one tiger that was "slightly underweight" in their urgent assessment of the zoo.

A gorilla that died had suffered "a bacterial infection that had never before been known to science", an Orana Wildlife Park board member says.

"You could see something was going to unfold, then all of a sudden there were punches being thrown," an eyewitness said.

Staff say proposed cuts to its civilian workforce to fill a $30m budget hole are "a real kick in the guts". Audio

The infant's mother has delivered a heart-wrenching victim impact statement on the loss of her child to the High Court.

Operators of Christchurch's new central city stadium say a home Crusaders game would be an "emotional" and fitting opener once gates finally open in two years time.

She will begin her sentence as a patient at a mental health hospital in the custody of the state under the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act.

The long-awaited sentencing of convicted killer Lauren Dickason will take place today, nearly a year after she was found guilty of murdering her three children.

One councillor says the funding will give its trustees "breathing space to get it right".