Latest Stats NZ figures show new home consents were down 7.4 percent in the year to February - and multi-unit home consents down 15-percent. Consents have been plateauing for nine months.

A two-vehicle collision has closed State Highway 2, near School Road in Waikino, near Waihi, just before 1pm. St John says ambulances are taking two patients to hospital with moderate injuries - ...

The 78-year-old singer - who has sons Zachary, 14, and Elijah, 12, with husband David Furnish - vowed when he and his spouse became parents that their kids would have a different upbringing to his, as ...

Buses will return to school when the lockdown ends to take bus students home. 02 Apr: A man's appeared in court, accused of injuring five Police officers by ramming their cars, with a child in his car ...

The Spice Girls star was known as Geri Halliwell before she married F1 team boss Christian Horner and became Geri Horner - but recent reports suggested she had returned to her maiden name and would ...

As Donald Trump prepares for his personal "liberation day" and the unveiling of a fresh round of tariffs, Australia's media law could find itself caught up in a global trade war. When it came into ...

Black Sabbath bassist Geezer has opened up about the only time he evert took his bandmate to a game and revealed the singer put on a fake accent and pretended to support the opposing side when they ...

Tu'ungafasi has been out for a month with the injury and the Blues have confirmed he will go under the knife. It comes as the Blues welcome back Beauden Barrett, captain Patrick Tuipulotu, AJ Lam, ...

Failing that, you could make extra payments on your mortgage to have available as redraw. Keep in mind that once it's paid into the mortgage, it's technically the bank's money — at least one ...

I think I've learned to balance my life and my work in a different way than they were able to do, and that was also a product of the times." Billie can "definitely" see signs her and husband Austen ...

The Hawke's Bay Expressway's southbound lane is blocked after a pedestrian's been hit by a vehicle at the intersection with Prebensen Drive in Poraiti just after 1pm. While, the southbound lanes on ...

The 28-year-old social media star appeared in 'Bizaardvark' between 2016 and 2017 as online celebrity Dirk Mann, and though he was ultimately let go from the programme, Jake had a lot of "fun" and the ...