New Zealand News

The building of marinas along popular coastal areas in the Coromandel and Bay of Plenty is set to become easier.

Relatives of the New Zealand crew who died in the Air New Zealand A320 crash in France a year ago head to France next weekend for the unveiling of a plaque in their memory.

" AllianceBernstein, which manages $4 billion in New Zealand investments, will close its local office and plans to manage the funds from Australia as a global outflow of funds prompts the firm to trim its headcount.

Oil exploration company Trans-Orient is planning to drill three shallow test wells in the Waitangi Hill area to the north of Gisborne, on New Zealand's North Island.

Silicon Valley-based "ebook" company Smashwords has bought Wellington's BookHabit, a distribution platform for independent authors and publishers.

Yarrows Bakery in south Taranaki says lay-offs announced on Thursday were delayed for as long as possible.

A driver whose truck ran over and killed a senior police officer has been ordered to pay his victim's family $2000 "emotional" reparationA and banned from driving for nine months.

Flight Sergeant Andrew Bruce Forster, a 27-year New Zealand Air Force veteran, was killed in a 'freak' explosion at the Waiouru Military Camp.

A year after the crash that killed five New Zealanders and two Germans in France, aircraft maker Airbus is wrestling with what to do about poorly executed flight tests of jetliners emerging from major overhauls.

The mother of an Invercargill morphine addict was sentenced to home detention today after admitting her unwitting involvement in a drug heist during a family holiday.

Santa's inviting finger has been given the flick in a $100,000-plus makeover of the 25 metre Auckland Christmas icon, but the future of his beady, winking eye has yet to be revealed.

Two men who died in a microlight crash in northern Hawke's Bay last year were drunk, a Civil Aviation Authority investigation has found.

Early investigations into a Foxton house fire that killed a 22-year-old woman and a three-year-old girl suggest it was not started deliberately.

Prime Minister John Key says he won't be meeting the Dalai Lama on his trip to New Zealand next month, despite saying during last year's election campaign that he would.

Methamphetamine, ecstasy, cannabis, guns and cases of ammunition have been seized by police in the south Waikato on Wednesday.

President Michelle Bachelet of Chile speaks at a press conference during her visit to New Zealand's Parliament buildings November 21, 2006 in Wellington, New Zealand.

Napier police are trying to identify a man found dead under a Hawke's Bay bridge on Tuesday.

Conjoined twins Krishna and Trishna were separated by doctors at Melbourne's Royal Childrens' Hospital after 31 hours.

BED REST: The woman at the centre of the abuse claims is shown tied to the bed by a sheet.

Two separate baby deaths in the Waikato overnight have triggered police investigations under "child sudden death procedures". The deaths of a seven-week-old boy in Te Aroha and a seven-month-old girl in Morrinsville have both been referred to the coroner, with post-mortem examinations of the children's bodies being carried out at hospitals in ...