Creating a will can be simple and cheap, but Kiwis die without them every day, often leaving behind disappointed partners and feuding family members.
We've all heard these daily guidelines, but are they even accurate?
John Woeltz, 37, was arrested after the victim escaped from the eight-bedroom townhouse and flagged down a traffic officer on the street for help, according to prosecutors.
Kiwi Racing Bulls driver Liam Lawson earned his first points of the season in a race won by Lando Norris.
Emergency services were called to Fitzgerald Ave on Saturday after "a report of a crash involving a vehicle and a pedestrian".
The public will have a say on a controversial plan to move a prisoner reintegration facility to a rural Rotorua valley.
Graham Dallow, a former builder turned volunteer who lost an arm due to cancer, spends two days a week valeting patrol cars and his weekends monitoring security cameras.
There's potential for rain and thunderstorms in Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Waitomo and Taranaki from 5pm.
Trump described Putin as "absolutely crazy", and also said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was "doing his country no favours by talking the way he does".
A house and two vehicles sustained "extensive damage" following the blaze in Waikaia last year.
Around 60,000 additional seats will be available to cross the Tasman compared to the same time last year.
Nelson Mayor Nick Smith said a number of streets were closed, manholes had burst, and homes and businesses had been flooded.
The Transport Accident Investigation Commission launched an investigation on Monday into the weekend incident aboard the bulk carrier MV Olivia at South Port.
Several countries from Europe now have access — as well as an initial group of countries from the Middle East.
The Boeing 777 had to fly home across the Tasman at a lower altitude after an airbridge at Brisbane Airport put a 7cm puncture in the aircraft's fuselage.
Hurricanes midfielder is sure former skipper Ardie Savea will be received well by the home crowd in a crucial final-round match at the Cake Tin.
The Invercargill mayor's comment comes at a time when councils are dealing with an increase of inappropriate language in public submissions.
Flash flood in Nelson after downpour, Trump calls out Putin after attacks continue on Ukraine, and Liam Lawson records a career-best performance in Monaco.
Despite numerous rulings by courts against an application from a mining company to mine iron sands off the Taranaki coast, the Government's fast-track law could see it approved.
But there's lingering questions about whether the new building, which will be completed in 2029, will have enough beds.
New Zealand Food Safety is investigating a complaint after a dead larva was found in a School Lunch Collective meal at a west Auckland high school on May 12.
The Ōtaki to north of Levin project has been coming for a decade, and locals want the interchange they were promised.
Former NZ First MP Ria Bond made the comments after it was revealed she was one of 10 former female MPs joining the "People’s Select Committee on Pay Equity".
Govt disestablished Predator Free 2050 Limited and handed its projects to the Department of Conservation.
