The heatwave has triggered health alerts and forest fires and forcing the closure of a nuclear reactor at a Swiss power plant ...

Exhausted residents in the waterlogged Tasman district are on edge as they brace for another lashing of heavy rain.

The top of the South Island is set to be hit by 15 hours of heavy rain. MetService's head of weather news Heather Keats spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

More rain for the the Tasman district, Heather Keats from Metservice joined First Up ...

Wanaka has hosted Health Minister Matt Doocey, editor of the Wanaka Sun is Olivia Caldwell tells us about the visit ...

The government's proposed citizen's arrest changes could see a greater chance of people using unreasonable force, ...

Labour's Carmel Sepuloni talks politics, and the presence of Youth MPs in Parliament this week ...

Ultra-distance runner Sam Harvey is back in the country after running 791km in Australia - and he's planning more records.

Trump tariffs are just days away for the Japanese economy, Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo ...

Police say the arrests do not affect the Letby's convictions two years ago of killing babies in a neonatal unit.

While the 'Run It straight' craze has captured the interests of many Pacific people, a neuroscientist says it's not worth the risk.

126 people died of HIV-related illnesses, such as Aids, in Fiji last year.