Heavy rain is battering New Zealand's South Island, causing widespread flooding, road closures, and landslides. A state of emergency has be...

Jevon McSkimming, a top New Zealand cop, faces a media gag order. The High Court issued it. This prevents reporting on material found on hi...

Emergency services were called to a chemical incident near New Zealand's Parliament in Wellington on April 22, 2025. A reaction between two...

A tornado struck Levin in New Zealand, damaging trees and power lines. Other regions, including Wellington, experienced strong winds. No in...

New Zealand has in recent years taken a less assertive line with Beijing on security matters than its Western partners in the Five Eyes int...

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins was sent to China with a backup for the country's aging plane, Betty - a 30-year-old Boeing 757. B...

New Zealand declares a national emergency due to Cyclone Gabrielle, causing widespread flooding, destruction, forced evacuations, numerous ...

The cyclone, which was lying just to the northeast of the country and moving south, dumped more than 220 millimetres (9 inches) of rain in ...

With the maximum amount of water vapour in the air increasing exponentially with temperature, the potential for extreme rainfall grows as t...

US doubling down on its investment in the Pacific, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman as she concluded a five-nation visit to the...

During his address at the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, the President said, "Use of advanced technology by non-state actors a...

On Wednesday, the state tightened curbs for a week on gatherings and movement in Sydney, but stopped short of a full lockdown, as fears gre...

In the distinctive "Beehive" parliament building, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her government have garnered lavish global praise for c...

New Zealand lifted all social and economic restrictions except border controls after declaring on Monday it was free of the coronavirus, on...

The Chinese yuan, a barometer of U.S.-China relations, hit a record low of 7.1966 per dollar in offshore trade overnight and held close to ...

The euro turned softer in Asian trade Friday on improving risk appetite after the European Central Bank said it would delay withdrawing eme...

New Zealand will sign a free trade agreement with China in early April, the government announced on Tuesday, the first such deal between th...