Flames and billows of black smoke are still coming out from the roof of the SkyCity International Convention centre in Auckland.

One person is seriously injured and two schools are in lockdown in Foxton after a firearms incident.

Police in Samoa are searching for the person or people who killed a Chinese man and injured three others in a home invasion.

Police and specialist groups this morning are responding to reports of a bomb threat at a facility near Auckland Airport.

The body of a student has been found at a New Zealand university, up to two months after he died.

“We [are] always talking about the bus because it was so dangerous,” says Tevita Lokotui, “Like it’s a traumatic accident that happened to us. We can’t forget thinking about that.”

A passenger has died on an Air New Zealand flight from Buenos Aires that landed at Auckland International Airport.

New Zealand’s ongoing measles outbreak has hit the milestone of more than 1,000 confirmed cases.

There are now 759 confirmed cases of measles in Auckland, up 28 since yesterday.

An Auckland teenager was “lost in his music” and concentrating on his running when he was struck by a train and killed two years ago, a coroner has found.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is dedicating $150 million to support climate change resilience in the Pacific.

New Zealand officials admitted that they made a mistake by allowing the man accused of killing 51 people at two Christchurch mosques to send a hand-written letter from his prison cell.