Police apologised for failing to send help to an intellectually disabled man and his caregiver after they rang 111. The pair were sheltering in a locked car as a woman attacked their vehicle and shouted abuse.

A former Kiwi politician has been charged with his wife's murder, a year after she drowned in a fishing accident in Canada.

Rotorua Coroner Wallace Bain is calling for compulsory spot checks of all children from birth...