His face was being used on an aggravated robbery course but he's never been done for it.

Full list: Which schools will get free school lunches?

Full list: Who gets free school lunches in Wellington and the South Island.

Issues raised at question time included Agenda 21, Bill Gates and totalitarian world govt.

Western parts of the country are in for some decent rain from Sunday.

Students forced to work to support families, or can't afford bus fares and lunches.

Two Tongan orchard workers have been jailed for the attack in Cromwell last year.

The sensory chalk walk from Cromwell has been shared across the globe via social media.

As water levels drop and evacuated families return to their homes, reality kicks in.

The woman suffered serious facial injuries when she was struck by the object.

Main water catchment contaminated after blaze by ash and fire suppressing chemicals.

Three big fires today have stretched the country's firefighters.

The fire is near Lake Dunstan.

Police found him drunk with a machete in his hand and a hunting knife in his pants.

Cromwell builder gives away two homes to help fund a four year old boy's surgery.

Police have seized more than $200,000 worth of meth and more than $30,000 in cash.

Anonymous authors' scatalogical slagging of pretty much the whole country is now a book.

Marton teenager steps up to the next tier of motorsport.

The driver, a man in his 60s, crashed his ute into Lake Dunstan on Thursday evening.

'My heart was bubbling,' says dairy owner who scared off would-be robber.

These are the most expensive places to buy fuel in New Zealand.

He had just driven out to rescue two mates who got stuck.

Two months after fire gutted bus in Cromwell, tourists disappointed with treatment.

Here's how man got charged for reckless use of a motor vehicle without touching the wheel.

The road is closed and diversions are in place.

Cromwell man slammed into a parked car, shunting it forward about 10m.

Alcohol not a good way to manage sleepwalking, judge says.

You think it's been hot so far this summer? Wait till tomorrow.