Bargain hunters have started their Boxing Day shopping early to avoid crowds and traffic. Read...

Boxing Day at the cricket is a tradition, which makes it significant outside the scoreline in any one series. It’s a secular feast day, with all the rites. Read...

Volunteer firefighters will respond to 111 calls during the strike hour. Read...

The star Australian batsman is returning as captain on Boxing Day after feeling “awful” and “dizzy” in the build-up to last week’s Adelaide test. Read...

Shoppers in northern parts of the North Island may find themselves battling thunderstorms and torrential downpours to get to their Boxing Day sales Read...

A strong earthquake has shaken people awake in the lower North Island on Friday morning. Read...

The withdrawal meant volunteers who would feel obligated to respond during the strike could relax. Read...

Australia will not play a spinner in the Boxing Day Test on a Melbourne pitch stand-in captain Steve Smith described as “quite furry, quite green”. Read...

Organisers of some Christmas Day and Boxing Day swims have cancelled events due to the weather. Read...

Consumer NZ is urging people to do their homework, double check gift cards and know their rights ahead of the sale frenzy Friday. Read...