One man has been convicted of murder and two others acquitted after a jury accepted they acted in self-defence in the killing of Christchurch man last year.

A Hawke's Bay police officer has been stood down from duty after being charged with multiple counts of indecent assault.

Official documents show the Government did not consider the environment when awarding an East Cape off shore oil exploration permit.

The body of murdered Aucklander Carmen Thomas is believed to have been dumped in bush southeast of Auckland.

A surgeon who has been the subject of several complaints about failing to properly inform patients has been ordered to pay more than $100,000 in fines and costs after the death of a patient.

The Tri-Nations moves to the high ground and South African coach Peter de Villiers is on shaky ground.

The makers of one of NZ's best-known brands of pie were justified in sacking a worker who stored cockroaches in his locker, the ERA says.

John Barlow was jailed in 1995 for the execution-style killings of Wellington father and son businessmen Eugene and Gene Thomas.

Mazda New Zealand will be fixing vehicles affected by a power steering problem that has sparked a recall in the United States.

A grieving son says he was sickened when Air NZ said it needed to see a death certificate before it would change his flights.

The police hunt for the killer of Carmen Thomas today moved to rural southeast Auckland, after a newly reported sighting of her car around the time she went missing.

The country's Lions Clubs have struck a deal with the Reserve Bank to get the full value of defunct NZ coins, for charity.

A lone bee has been blamed for a truck crash that cut power to more than 1700 homes and put the driver in hospital.