The top intelligence official in the United States has told congress he is "even more resolute" in his belief that Russia was behind cyber attacks on the Democrats during the 2016 election campaign.

A campaigner who successfully halted the sale of water rights in Ashburton is now trying to stop the same thing happening on the West Coast.

The tournament's top drawcards continue to drop out of the ASN tennis tournament in Auckland.

From just small beginnings the marae recycling programme called "Para Kore" has grown into a movement transforming whanau, hapu and iwi along the way.

In many offices around the country, including ours here at RNZ, we celebrate our work colleagues' birthdays with cakes.

Fifteen is the age people are the happiest and it's all downhill from there according to new research from Melbourne University.

Police say the man behind a sexual motivated attack at a Gisborne campground was seeking out lone women to prey on.

The Race Relations commissioner, Dame Susan Devoy, says Sir Peter Leitch is the least racist person she knows.

An Israeli soldier has been found guilty of manslaughter after video footage showed him shooting dead a wounded Palestinian man who was lying on the ground.

Meanwhile the woman at the centre of the incident, Lara Wharepapa-Bridger, has denied she could have misinterpreted Sir Peter's comments.