Travel is safer now, so fewer of us are dying in large-scale disasters, but climate change could reverse the trend.

Police have received lots of feedback about a car seen at the quarry.

A little girl is back at school after a man tried to grab her outside an Auckland school gate yesterday.

A dedicated police team is following leads on the vicious Riverhead quarry assault.

Police arrest Northland pair after theft at Auckland's Starship Hospital.

Police are looking for a female tourist from China after she missed her flight.

Bernadine chats with Sarah-Lousie Collins & Caitlin Davey on the decision to cast 14 cats for their upcoming Fringe Festival performance. Catacular will be performed at BaristaCats, a cafe that welcomes patrons to have a coffee, chill and hang out with the resident cats.

Ardern recorded a thumping victory that will further raise her profile in election year.

A quick thinking member of the public put out a car fire during the pride parade after an Air New Zealand truck caught fire.

The fifth annual Auckland Pride Parade has roared into life on Ponsonby Road.

A pair of "model" police officers have taken the internet by storm.

The man charged with owning a dog which attacked his own son, leaving him hospitalised, has had his sentencing adjourned for the second

A major police operation involving the armed offenders squad has come up empty after police received reports of an injured woman in Auckland's Remuera.

The aggravated robbery left the shopkeeper "clearly traumatised", said the judge at sentencing.

Police Commissioner Mike Bush has opened up about a historic drink driving conviction.

Valerie will soon begin the next stretch of the journey towards Wellesley St.

Man who described himself as 'NZ's worst nightmare' jailed for hitting cop.

As traffic nears its annual peak, Auckland Transport adds buses and trains.

Bernadine Oliver-Kerby investigates the strange occurrence of Caviar on kids Breakfast plates. Paleo Pete likes to treat his girls with an exciting well balanced meal. But is this a little too much of an ask for everyday kiwi mum and dads?

The 17-year-old granddaughter of the late Sir Howard Morrison was killed in a car crash in Auckland - she is being remembered as a "shining light".

The price of a home in areas zoned for Auckland's highest-ranked schools has jumped to $2 million.

Sophia Nash, ex of radio jock Thane Kirby, is accused of stealing a $20 bag from the op shop she worked at in Mt Eden.

Gareth Morgan has accused the Act Party of gunning for his political party by making petty complaints about its election campaign and party rules.

The end of a three-year affair with a Dunedin businessman allegedly led an Auckland woman to harass her former lover's wife.

The fires occurred at Bankside Cottage, which is more than 130 years old, and the George Courts building.

Police have released images of a man and three women allegedly using a bank card that had earlier been stolen from a victim at Starship children's hospital.

The dog show is part of the celebrations for the Auckland Pride Festival.

Police want to speak to two men in a taxi who may have witnessed a fatal crash on Auckland's North Western Motorway early this morning.

Significant delays, or even gridlock, are predicted when traffic lights are installed to enter Auckland's $1.4 billion Waterview tunnel connection project.

The entire hotel was evacuated while the source of the smoke was located.