The late crooner - who passed away in 1977 at the age of 74 - achieved the highest-selling single of all time with the festive classic but his nephew Howard Crosby has revealed how his uncle once ...

A St John spokesperson says two ambulances, a rapid response unit, and an operations manager attended the crash on Lloyd Street in Parkvale about 8.20. Police are handling further inquiries and have ...

Showers, with heavy rain possible, are forecast for the majority of the South Island, particularly the West Coast. MetService meteorologist Clare O'Connor says the West Coast of the South Island ...

Open Justice reports people have tried taking in knives, homemade tasers, screwdrivers, knitting needles, knuckle-dusters and even a small axe. The figures come from Ministry of Justice data for ...

Police say the motorcyclist died at the scene and investigations into the crash are continuing. It's the first official death since the holiday road toll began yesterday at 4pm. It ends at 6am on ...

She told The Times: "I miss Maggie Smith a lot. She was hilarious. She came down one morning [on set] and said, 'I have to go back to bed. I can't stand the colour of that carpet.

The US aviation authority has cleared American Airlines flights to fly after a brief grounding disrupted the carrier's operations nationwide. About 7am Tuesday, US Eastern time, the Federal Aviation ...

The 37-year-old singer has been living in the US with husband Cody De Luz and their children Violet, three, and two-year-old Shackleton but after adopting their infant son Bear and falling pregnant ...

She told British Vogue when asked to describe being a parent in three words: "It's a blesssing, challenging, beautiful. It's like a beautiful, challenging blessing. [But] I think ...

A new artificial intelligence (AI) model has just achieved human-level results on a test designed to measure “general ...

The former Wallabies playmaker has called Christchurch home for a month since his Super Rugby move from the Queensland Reds. O'Connor's parents are from Rotorua and Cambridge - he grew up in Te Atatu ...

The 48-year-old was filmed shimmying down a pipe half naked without handcuffs yesterday afternoon. He remains on the run. The witness says no one realised he was a prisoner, before he escaped out the ...