Leading high school principals hope a radical education shake-up can win back parents’ faith, but also warn it may give a short-term popularity boost to alternatives such as the Cambridge exams.

Kelly Brazier rewinds 30 years, to her 5-year-old self sprinting across frost-laced fields in Dunedin, a rugby ball tucked under one arm. That little girl is a powerful reminder of why, at 35, she’s ...

Football team GJ Gardner Homes Whanganui Athletic have been crowned champions of the 2025 YORB Western Premiership after an emphatic victory in the final game of the season. Athletic beat New Plymouth ...

Finland filed criminal charges against the top officers of a Baltic oil tanker today in connection with severe damage done to undersea cables in December. It was one of a string of energy and telecom ...

With Environmental Court paperwork drafted and ready to file, Paihia residents opposed to Far North District Council heritage overlays are ready to head to the Environment Court. The Far North ...

The body of a Northland man who failed to return from a solo kayaking trip has been recovered by police. The man had gone for a kayak on Ruakākā River, south of Whangārei, yesterday morning but failed ...