Police have named the 26-year-old man who died after being caught in a rip at Karioitahi Beach last week. The young man who ...

If Bondi Beach is Barbie, New Zealand’s Piha Beach is Wuthering Heights’ Heathcliff. Brooding, wild, unpredictable.

A family on Auckland’s North Shore have lost their home and crucial medical gear just days before Christmas, after fire ...

Firefighters have extinguished two housefires on Auckland's North Shore on Saturday evening. At least five crews were called ...

Three young swimmers sucked into a rip and separated during a night swim at Bethells Beach were minutes from going under ...

The blaze, which started at a two storey property, spread to an adjoining house. Everybody inside was accounted for. Karyn Tuapawa has described the moment her daughter told her the house next door ...

Kane Gofton - also referred to as Kane Watson in previous reporting - died in hospital in August, two days after a sand dune collapsed on him while he was digging a hole. A Coroner has found Gofton ...

“On Auckland’s west coast, rips are stronger at low tide due to the movement of the water, and the changes in the seabed increase hazards like sand bars and in-shore holes. We know conditions will be ...

A dream holiday turned to tragedy when Tongan-born New Zealand heavyweight boxer Semisi Kalu died saving the lives of his ...

Police and ambulance were alerted to people in trouble in the water at two west coast beaches on Monday evening. Police said ...

The return of Qantas international flights to the Gold Coast after nearly five years has been declared a coup for the city’s ...