A Matamata truck driver was looking for a dog on the side of a road when he came across a young girl thought to be the victim of a hit-and-run overnight.

Australia's military is still not keeping an accurate check of its bombs, rockets, grenades, bullets and other explosives.

Emma Neale is a poet, novelist, teacher and anthologist living in Dunedin. Her latest novel, Fosterling, is the sort of book that can only come from multiple roles and experiences.

The grandmother of a six-month-old who died a violent death says someone needs to come forward with the truth.

Metservice warns a storm system set to reach New Zealand tomorrow has all the ingredients to create another tornado.

A leaked diplomatic cable shows the US was deeply concerned with "inherent weaknesses" in NZ's terror laws.

A 10-year-old girl has died after falling from the back of a ute driven by her best friend's father.