Mike Higgins stepped in following the departure of Mark Turnbull, who resigned as a director in February and left the CEO ...

Heavy rain across Wairarapa has closed the Waihenga Bridge on State Highway 53 near Martinborough. Rising water levels in the Ruamahanga River have forced authorities to close the bridge for safety ...

High winds caused several emergency call-outs in Wellington hours before the severe weather warning kicked in, after wreaking ...

Schools and businesses are closed, there are widespread power outages and fallen trees have blocked roads as gale force winds ...

FILE - In this photo released by the US Embassy in Wellington, New Zealand, FBI Director Kash Patel cuts the ribbon at the official opening of the FBI office in Wellington, New Zealand, July 31, 2025.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — On a visit to New Zealand, FBI Director Kash Patel gave the country’s police and spy bosses gifts of inoperable pistols that were illegal to possess under local gun laws ...

FILE - A sign outside the offices of the Vietnam Embassy in Wellington, New Zealand, on Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlotte Graham-McLay, File) WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Two Vietnamese officials ...

The plastic 3D-printed replica pistols formed part of display stands Patel presented to at least three senior New Zealand security officials in July. Patel, the most senior Trump administration ...

New Zealand’s strict anti-gun laws forced authorities to destroy inoperable, 3D-printed firearms that formed a display gifted to Kiwi officials by FBI Director Kash Patel. The replica pistols were ...

FBI Director Kash Patel gifted New Zealand's country police inoperable pistols that were illegal under local law, resulting in their destruction, according to a report from the Associated Press. The ...