The Latest Breaking News from New Zealand

Kiwi officials warn of worst-case scenario for businesses as global volatility adds to domestic inflation woes.

He may have been planning to go for a swim at a nearby beach, but has not been seen since

Air, land and water searches are underway to rescue missing person

New Zealand announced it would begin reopening to international travelers from visa waiver countries, including the United States, beginning May 1, without any quarantine measures.

Wild storms lashed New Zealand's North Island Monday, claiming at least four lives when a fishing vessel sank and causing chaos in the country's biggest city Auckland, officials said. Four bodies were recovered and another person was missing after a chartered fishing boat went down off the remote Northland coast…

Andy Farrell's Ireland squad are set to meet up again around June 20 to prepare for three Test matches and, hopefully, two games against club sides in New Zealand in July

The head coach was pleased overall as the Triple Crown was won on home soil, in particular with his team's miserly defence over the course of the championship

Rescue operation off North Island’s North Cape hampered by thunderstorms, swells and torrential downpours

A chartered fishing boat carrying 10 people capsizes off North Cape, leaving three dead, two missing and five survivors in a stable condition in hospital.

New Zealand said on Monday it will provide Ukraine with a further NZ$5 million ($3.46 million) in funds and non-lethal military assistance including some surplus equipment.

There was a brief moment of euphoria last week, when it seemed that COVID-19 vaccines, medicines and supplies might be liberated from the World Trade Organization’s intellectual property rights straitjacket and a patent waiver would make them available and affordable to the unvaccinated in the global south.