The veteran broadcaster said taking part in the show was part of a bigger personal challenge to step outside his comfort zone and "rebuild" his life.
Deadly outbreak of the rare hantavirus aboard a Dutch ship on a weeks-long polar cruise has brought attention to the growing tourism trend.
The New Zealand Sign Language Act came into force in 2006, officially recognising and including Deaf Kiwis.
You're “coming down with something”, maybe you have a scratchy throat and body aches - should you test?
A recent prosecution found two people guilty of trying to sneak the precious stone out of the country.
Meanwhile, Israel struck Beirut’s southern suburbs for the first time since a ceasefire between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group was announced.
Footage showed health workers in protective gear evacuating three passengers, including the ship's doctor.
David Warner returned a positive result for alcohol after being stopped for a roadside test in Sydney's east on Easter Sunday, police said.
Police said that no formal identification had taken place yet, "however, the family of Justin Evans has been informed".
Twelve hours after a cruise travelled through the fjord, the second-largest recorded tsunami ever sent water and debris nearly half a kilometre up.
The morning's headlines in 90 seconds, including the US strikes an Iranian flagged ship, and the people who left a virus ridden cruise ship early are forced into isolation.
Northlanders' rates payments are expected to climb to $374 million in the coming financial year, as a Kerikeri district ratepayer says years of cumulative rates increases are forcing her off her land.
Captain Raman Kapoor and his crew of 24 have been stuck in the Persian Gulf, waiting for the Strait of Hormuz to reopen.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has defended the new test for migrants seeking New Zealand citizenship.
The brash and outspoken TV pioneer created a media empire and transformed the news business by introducing the 24-hour cable news cycle.
A young man who was turned away from an informal football game in Michigan fatally shot a 14-year-old boy and killed a woman who tried to help the victim, all in the presence of other kids, local police said.
By the time Harry Kane equalised in stoppage time it was too late for Bayern.
Officials warned a $50,000 fine for leaking footage from fishing boat cameras was "unreasonable", but Fisheries Minister Shane Jones pushed ahead anyway.
Russian punk group Pussy Riot and members of Ukrainian feminist organisation FEMEN swarmed the Russian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale to protest Russia’s participation at the world’s oldest international art exhibition.
Brendon and Trina Cole were found dead at their property on Murumuru Rd in Ruatiti, located around 21km southwest of Waimarino (National Park), on December 13.
The gym is working with charities and police to run programmes for at-risk young people around the country.
Kyle Jamieson and Will O’Rourke return to the Test squad after both being out with back injuries, while batting all-rounder Dean Foxcroft has earnt a maiden call-up.
The long search for a replacement for Mark Robinson is over.
Urgent, decisive action is needed on how communities will pay for the costs of adapting to climate change, a major new report says.
Few people had known about the note until a former police officer serving a life sentence for killing four people mentioned it on a podcast last year.
A rural Auckland tavern where a three-year-old child was allegedly "assaulted" by a patron will continue serving alcohol after being granted an on-licence renewal.
US prosecutors say it was a secret Chinese spy outpost - lawyers for the man accused of running it, Lu Jianwang, contend it was a community centre.
Officials and experts in Argentina are scrambling to determine if their country is the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has gripped an Atlantic cruise.
The Arizona race is one of the toughest ultramarathons in the United States.
The Trump administration’s shifting and often contradictory messaging throughout the Iran war has produced ever more confusion this week.
Warnings extended into the North Island and deeper south as a rapidly intensifying storm system approaches, with damaging winds, flooding rain and more alerts likely.
The organisation has called the result for 2025 "strong". It is better than the previous year, a $19.5m loss.
The dust turned into a toxic paste that blocked the 14-month-old boy's lungs.
While there was "no sexual or indecent motivation", a tribunal found that Ankui (Ian) Gui's behaviour amounted to serious misconduct.
The Transport Accident Investigation Commission today released findings into the January 2023 incident, when Kaitaki lost power and drifted within about 1.4 km of coastline before its engines were restarted.
Police upheld the allegations made against the recruit as "serious misconduct".
"Forceful impact triggered a fire" that engulfed both vehicles, trapping people inside.
Taiatini Nelson urged his horse Hero into the sea to escape a prolonged attack by two off-leash dogs at Pāpāmoa Beach on Tuesday.
A long-running debate on the status of the most commonly spoken language in New Zealand is nearing its climax in Parliament.
The family from Scotland were boarding their plane home from Spain when they were flagged.
Since 2023, political parties have been required to report the names of donors and contributors who gave more than $5000.
British voters will cast ballots in elections later today that could confirm an increasingly fractured UK under Keir Starmer.
The former PM joked she had considered putting "washed-up politician" on flight arrival cards into Australia.
Some Republicans are worried that intraparty fights are costing time and money that should be focused on defending their majorities in Washington.
Repairs planned for that week had to be delayed due to bad weather.
Former regional council chair says the Government’s suggestion that New Zealand has too many councils was not consistent with similar sized countries in Europe.
The country's largest infrastructure project has been under construction, in some form, for over a decade and has had several cost escalations over that time.
The heart of the dispute centred on a phrase printed on packaging of Zuru's MAX Build More plastic brick building kits: "LEGO® BRICK COMPATIBLE".
His new teammates can't believe Khan-Pereira's horror stories about the Titans, coached at that time by Des Hasler.
The fixture that would return the Bledisloe Cup to a three-Test series and produce a reported $12.2 million to be split between the unions.
The 11-year-old was "left on the footpath in tears" after trying to get from Auckland's Pt Chevalier to school in Ponsonby.
Regulation Minister says it's too hard for home-owners and businesses to set up panels.
More than 30 residents from the Bishop Snedden Retirement Village sign and present a petition.
