A surf boat crew will stage a symbolic row down Auckland's North Shore tomorrow, as they prepare for a commemorative international race in Turkey next year.

Prince George has met Bilby George in a successful first official engagement in Australia for the youngest royal.

Burglars who stole guns from a Whakatane property last night repeatedly rammed police cars and even threw a chainsaw at pursuing officers as they made their getaway.

Invercargill police used illegal and unjustified excessive force by letting a police dog bite and drag a suspected burglar for almost a minute, an IPCA probe found.

A transgender Oamaru woman sentenced on Wednesday to nine months' imprisonment in a men's jail could apply to be moved to a women's prison.

A transgender Oamaru woman has been ordered to serve a jail sentence in a men's prison, despite a request for home detention.

If you're in your 20s and about to buy a house, you're best off in Wanganui and worst off on Auckland's North Shore.

A drunk teenager's deadly eight-storey fall from a Wellington apartment building has prompted a warning for suburban youths to be aware of the risks of high-rise buildings.

Prime Minister John Key and six ministers will fly to Sydney this week for a joint cabinet with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and ministers.

Forgetfulness, lack of interest and simply not getting around to it have been revealed as the most common reasons for not voting in the past two general elections.

By this time next year, the first buildings could be going up in Wanaka's single-biggest commercial and residential development.

Kiwis are 'dying from embarrassment' because of a reluctance to speak with doctors about bowel cancer symptoms as NZ tops a report into global bowel cancer rates

Counties Manukau Police are investigating a loan company director following complaints of him using weapons to enforce compliance of loan terms.

A coroner has recommended that authorities consider strengthening drug testing regimes after an Air Force member died during a training exercise after consuming steroids.

With summer upon us, our attentions shift not only to weather forecasts, but also on how best to scorch a piece of Bambi as the BBQ season kicks into high gear.

The 'red zone' created in the aftermath of Christchurch's earthquakes was legal, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

Derek Handley's Snakk Media, which helps firms get their ads in front of smartphone and tablet computer users, has recorded revenue of $3.02m for the six months to September 30, up 147 per cent on the same period the year before.

A captain of a fishing vessel in Nelson was making more than $100,000 a year and living in a state house, Housing Minister Nick Smith said last night.

An 11-year-old girl jumped from a speeding car fearing that the driver who had just raped her was going to kill her, a court was told today.

A fire in Te Puke caused significant damage to a 120 square metre house in the early hours of this morning.

Celia Wade-Brown has shaken off her nearest challenger John Morrison to win a second term as mayor of Wellington.