Fire and Emergency says it received several phone calls about the group shortlyafter 5pm. A crew from Whanganui in the process of rescuing them. Police are also at the scene.

Porters Pass, SH73, between Canterbury and the West Coast is also expected to have snow from 9 tomorrow night. Up to 4 centimetres of snow could build about the summits, with lesser amounts lower down ...

He is due in Palmerston North District Court tomorrow on two charges of wilfully setting fire to a property and one of possessing an offensive weapon. Emergency services found the Main Street house ...

Fire and Emergency was called shortly before 4 this afternoon and arrived to find the home well involved in flames. It appears nobody was inside the building, and a fire investigator is now there.

The Bunnies forward has been slapped with a shoulder charge and two dangerous contact charges from the match and a total of $3000 worth of fines if he takes an early guilty plea. RUGBY LEAGUE COVERAGE ...

The game had 10 different try scorers, with Otago flanker Lucas Casey and Wellington centre Matt Proctor collecting doubles.

Australia have come back from 22 points down to pull off an unlikely victory with 38 unanswered points. The two sides meet again in Cape Town next week. Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt says the Springboks ...

Dr Kingsbury was an advisor at the 2005 peace talks that ended a brutal, three-decade separatist war in the Indonesian province of Aceh. He says both sides were caught in a "hurting stalemate" — a ...

Despite conducting their negotiations independently of each other, the Silver Ferns have both signed for the Queensland Firebirds, under Kiwi coach Kiri Wills. Jackson says reuniting with Wills was a ...

All Blacks flanker Du'Plessis Kirifi is taking a measured approach as he starts in the number seven jersey for this morning's Rugby Championship clash against Argentina in Cordoba 17 Aug: Scott ...

New Zealand recorded results of fifth, fourth and 10th in the first three races, before a win in the final contest gave them a much-needed boost in the standings. Black Foils driver Peter Burling's ...

Nearly 3000 were reported in Auckland over the last financial year, well up from 2000 five years ago. The Council's prosecuted more than 611 owners since 2020. Dog Safe Workplace Director, Jo Clough ...