Volunteer firefighters will respond to 111 calls during the strike hour. Read...

The star Australian batsman is returning as captain on Boxing Day after feeling “awful” and “dizzy” in the build-up to last week’s Adelaide test. Read...

Shoppers in northern parts of the North Island may find themselves battling thunderstorms and torrential downpours to get to their Boxing Day sales Read...

A strong earthquake has shaken people awake in the lower North Island on Friday morning. Read...

The withdrawal meant volunteers who would feel obligated to respond during the strike could relax. Read...

Australia will not play a spinner in the Boxing Day Test on a Melbourne pitch stand-in captain Steve Smith described as “quite furry, quite green”. Read...

Organisers of some Christmas Day and Boxing Day swims have cancelled events due to the weather. Read...

Consumer NZ is urging people to do their homework, double check gift cards and know their rights ahead of the sale frenzy Friday. Read...

Melbourne’s green MCG pitch is the Grinch that stole Boxing Day from Todd Murphy, while Cameron Green’s Test spot is on notice with a demotion to No.7. Read...

Steve Middleton and Louise Savage, both in their late 50s, will say “I do” live between races during the Auckland`s SkyCity Boxing Day Races, in front of 15,000 people. Read...