New Zealand will urgently ban military-style semi-automatic rifles, with the government announcing a buyback just days after a shooting at two mosques killed 50 people.

Canterbury players have defended their team's attitude and insist it won't be an issue after coach Dean Pay put it at the centre of their...

As an outpouring of support continues after a terror attack on two New Zealand mosques, nearly $NZ10 million ($A9.7 million) has been raised for the...

Some Maori leaders are recalling ancient colonial atrocities as they reject Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's "this is not us" response to the killing of 50...

A bus full of schoolchildren has been hijacked and set on fire by its own driver in an apparent protest against migrant drownings in the...

Greg Inglis has revealed he played last year with a shoulder injury and a bulging disc in his neck that required surgery.

Australians could be warned not to travel to Gallipoli for Anzac Day after Turkey's president warned they might return "in coffins" and played footage of...

Christchurch has begun to bury its dead as a diplomatic row erupts over "highly offensive" comments by Turkey's president about the terror attack on mosques...

Tour companies that take Australians to Gallipoli for Anzac Day say their plans have not been rattled by provocative comments from the president of Turkey.

South Sydney coach Wayne Bennett has written himself into the Book of Feuds after calling the Sydney Roosters immature for their shot at Cody Walker.