The Latest Breaking News from New Zealand

A NASA scientific balloon flight was terminated Sunday (May 14) after the craft developed an irreparable leak about a day and a half into flight.

If the recent flood of sleep-inducing pre-budget speeches and commentary is any indication, New Zealand voters can expect largely unimaginative leadership that fails to prepare the country for an uncertain future, regardless of who wins October’s election.

A fire ripped through a hostel in New Zealand’s capital overnight, killing at least six people and forcing others to flee the four-story building in their pajamas in what a fire chief on Tuesday called his “worst nightmare.”

New Zealand's prime minister says an overnight fire at a four-story hostel in New Zealand’s capital has killed at least six people

Emergency District Manager Nick Pyatt has described the blaze at the Loafers Lodge hostel in Wellington as his 'worst nightmare'.

A hostel fire in New Zealand's capital has left multiple people dead in a "tragic event for all involved" — as it happened.

A huge fire broke out at Loafers Lodge in central Wellington in New Zealand, with 30 people missing and at least six people dead. Local media reports the blaze may have been started deliberately

A fire at a multi-story hostel in Wellington, New Zealand, has left multiple people dead, Fire and Emergency Services New Zealand (FENZ) said in a statement on Tuesday.

Six people are confirmed dead and many more remain missing after a hostel went up in flames in New Zealand's capital overnight.

The New Zealand health system is currently in the throes of its biggest reorganisation in more than 20 years. The aim is to provide more efficiency and equity.

Billy Guyton played for the Blues, Crusaders and Hurricanes in Super Rugby, while also representing Tasman 52 times before retiring in 2018 as a result of concussion symptoms