A youth pastor has died after a shark attack while spearfishing with his family on an island off the Central Queensland coast ...

Top seed Madison Keys and star attraction Naomi Osaka are eager to take the court in the first round of this year's ASB Classic.

Auckland FC coach Steve Corica praised his team's ability to respond to their first-ever A-League defeat as the competition's ...

Surf Life Saving is warning people to think about what they take to the beach on a windy day. It says significant numbers of ...

Kiingi Tuheitia had been in hospital recovering from heart surgery. He died peacefully, surrounded by his wife Te Makau Ariki ...

Record rain hasn't dampened the spirits of thousands of festival goers, and Drug Foundation staff say they're "slammed" by ...

Alshad Ahmad shuns comparisons to Joe Exotic and says his inspiration is legendary Australian "crocodile hunter" Steve Irwin.

Tony Stamp celebrates the many great albums that came out 30 years ago in 1994, from grunge to trip-hop.

Two people have died in a two-vehicle crash north of Mangaweka today, and State Highway 1 is expected to be closed for ...

A police officer in Central Otago had to hit the ground to avoid being hit by a speeding motorcyclist. The rider had ...

A hiker was forced to spend overnight and most of the following day in the bush on Boxing Day after he became separated from ...

At least 85 people were killed when an airliner veered off the runway and erupted into a fireball as it slammed into a wall ...