Stories by Mohammad Alafeshat

The sentence was handed down following the death of a passenger on a diving trip.

New Zealanders will soon be able to use a single system to pay for public transport journeys around the country.

The founder of a charity dedicated to helping Kiwi children affected by poverty says there is record demand for its food in schools as the cost-of-living crisis bites. Audio

Police are warning of increasing incidents of extortion where young people are targeted on social media by overseas offenders.

BNZ should not be selling millions of dollars worth of art that was initially purchased when the bank was state-owned, says former prime minister Helen Clark.

An Auckland liquor store has been ram-raided for the third time this year, and its owner says adults are teaching children to steal.

Fewer than 60 percent of students attend school regularly across the country and the government has set a target for 70 percent of students to be back in the classroom regularly by 2024 and 75 percent…

Inorganic collections may slowly be on the way out as the council launches a new plastic recycling scheme.

Auckland Council has received approval to conduct its third aerial pest control operation in the Hunua Ranges.

A housing inquiry found rents are rising faster than income and inflation and about half of tenants spent 30 percent or more of their take-home income on housing.

Auckland mayoral hopeful Viv Beck should throw in the towel to give rival and former Far North mayor Wayne Brown a better go, says former Auckland mayor and National MP John Banks.

Battered by repeated ram raids, many businesses are calling for more information on the government's $6 million crime prevention programme and where the money will go.

After a three-year upgrade in Canada, the naval vessel HMNZS Te Mana has returned to New Zealand shores.

A poll carried out by two of the country's largest unions has confirmed that Aucklanders overwhelmingly support free public transport.

New Zealanders' perception of China appears to have worsened in the past year, with a new survey finding more than half of participants deemed the nation a threat.

KidsCan has launched an urgent appeal for donations to help the record number of children needing support this winter.

A small, family-owned power tool business in Auckland suffered more than $40,000 worth of damage in a ram raid, its owner says.

A little blue penguin expert is concerned kororā made homeless by a marina development on Waiheke Island are trying to nest amid the construction.

Māori and Pacific whānau have less healthy outcomes when it comes to pregnancy in New Zealand, a new clinical study has found.

A 400-gram Norway rat was found on Waiheke Island this week.

CCTV shows a person walking straight to the high altar of St Matthew-in-the-City Anglican church on Friday afternoon last week and walking off with the cross.

Bottle-O and Vodafone stores in Takanini were ram raided early on Tuesday.