Stalled negotiations between teachers and the Ministry of Education may even see students told to stay at home.

Striking teachers around the country took their protests to the street today.

A man has been arrested for the murder of a NZ athlete, stabbed to death in Hungary after the Triathlon World Championships.

Richie McCaw was in Kaiapoi yesterday filming an advertisement to help earthquake victims.

A 48-year-old NZ man has been stabbed to death in Budapest, Hungary, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has confirmed. He was competing in a triathlon in the city.

The knives found near the body of a stabbed woman in a suitcase have been handed around a jury in a transparent case.

Auckland lock Andrew Van der Heijden will appear at a judicial hearing tomorrow charged with alleged stamping.

A 37-year-old man had a fatal heart attack after appendix surgery at North Shore Hospital, and his angry family are demanding answers about his treatment and death.

Lion Man Craig Busch will not let scammers put him off trying to regain Whangarei's Zion Wildlife Gardens or open another big-cat park.