The 2019 eruption claimed 22 lives. After years of work, charges related to one of New Zealand's most deadly recent disasters will finally be heard in court.
The woolly whare built to feel like you’re "being embraced under a blankie with your nanny".
Relive 1News' live updates of the Rugby Championship Test between the All Blacks and Los Pumas in Mendoza, Argentina.
A shutout first half and growing confidence inside the squad has given Ian Foster and his men the perfect foundation for their Rugby World Cup year, writes Brodyn Knuckey.
Waikato Bay of Plenty contestant Emma Poole was crowned champion at the award ceremony in Timaru last night.
The ticket was sold at Fresh Choice Merivale in Christchurch.
It comes as her party releases its election manifesto today.
Merepeka Raukawa-Tait says she wanted to run for the party "that actually believes that Māori should be included in the future".
Relive 1News' live updates of this morning's Pacific Four Series Test between the Black Ferns and Canada in Ottawa.
Police are appealing for information about the incident, as well as the armed robbery of a liquor store in the same area.
Amy du Plessis and Sylvia Brunt put on another clinic against Canada - and the one-two combo is quickly showing they could become a problem for the rest of the world.
Leader David Seymour previously supported a 2019 law change that raised the youth justice age to 18, but has since called the move a mistake.
"We do not get everything we want. Sometimes we get what we need. And actually we went right to the wire, pushing them as far as we could," he says.
Police were called to the Whitiora crash, involving a car and a truck, about 3.45am this morning.
Cane was seen in a video kicking out at the pitch invader as they ran behind the All Blacks huddle, tripping them up and seeing them crash to the ground.
The star has been pulled off the air but has not been suspended while the claims are investigated.
Up to 700 trips on Monday morning may be affected.
The event is modelled off the the iconic Halberg Games but has been localised so the barriers of cost and travel can be reduced, enabling those with disabilities in the Southland community to have a go.
Marama Davidson suggested that the campaign would be about "freeing ourselves from the constraints of majority government and creating something new".
Two former prisoners share their experiences of rebuilding their lives after prison, and we investigate what support there is for them.
A fossil hunter's paradise has shown itself in Hawke’s Bay's Willow Flat ranges - not far from where dinosaurs were first found in Aotearoa.
Kiwis can help fund a visitor centre at the childhood home of legendary author Janet Frame.
Inspired by Lightning McQueen of movie fame, Luke McKinnon has turned his personal project into a high-speed sensation.
