A senior Northland policeman is disgusted after a "blotto" 10-year-old boy was found so drunk his eyes were rolling back in his head.

The Apple TV, which is a great device for a good price - but it's absolutely begging for content.

Redback spiders could thrive in some areas of NZ, posing a real threat to native wildlife, a scientist says.

All Blacks' assistant coach Wayne Smith has suggested Sonny Bill Williams could spend some time on the side of the scrum in the future.

Police are trying to track down the family of a two-year-old girl found outside an Auckland restaurant on Saturday.

A man allegedly killed his girlfriend and left her body to decompose in an Auckland apartment for up to 3-1/2 weeks, the High Court hears.

Booze-charged rugby league fans threw bottles on to Eden Park and booed during last night's clash between the Kiwis and Australia.

Witnesses say Daniel Bell was far more affected by alcohol than the "couple of beers" assessment Swimming NZ gave when they sent him home from the Commonwealth Games.

Mandatory reporting would have saved children like young James Whakaruru.

New Zealand have won back-to-back gold medals at the world rowing championships at Lake Karapiro near Cambridge today.

A former high-profile principal says he will defend dozens of charges against him that include money-laundering, false accounting and fraud.

Wilderland, an alternative community on the Coromandel Peninsula, has been ordered to evacuate and demolish all its dwellings.

There would be plenty of mana in customary marine title without the power to exclude the public from sacred sand.