Ella's face could soon be smiling out of screens in police stations across New Zealand.

Stephen Williams has admitted trying to kill another inmate in a brutal prison attack.

"It's like taking a family member."

The ultimate answer to the mystery came from Waipū Museum's collection manager.

Christchurch shooting is one of the worst on record.

The Westpac Rescue Helicopter has taken the victim to hospital.

Home values in the town of 6800 people jumped more than 25 per cent over past year.

After half a term, what does the mayor of South Wairarapa say. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Carline Rex had her 21st birthday two weeks ago. On Sunday it would've been Coral Burrows'

Find out when and where to avoid driving if you want to miss the traffic on Boxing Day.

The fine weather seen around most of the country continues today.

Here's a clue: It was first known as Burlings.

A 48-year-old man was killed in yesterday's crash.

New book tells of tragic love story broken by WWI on centenary of Battle of Messines

Motorcyclist breaks arm in Rimutaka Hill Rd crash.

A high-profile child killer stabbed a fellow murderer with a light tube.

Travel is safer now, so fewer of us are dying in large-scale disasters, but climate change could reverse the trend.

Unsociable hours can make chefing an unpopular profession, but some of New Zealand's best chefs are determined to help youngsters

A high-profile murderer suffered life threatening injuries after he was stabbed with glass and wood at Auckland Prison.

Two men will appear in court charged with a range of drug and firearms offences after police carried out two search warrants.

A Featherston teenager has pleaded guilty to attempting to set fire to the town's petrol station.

Two teens are killed in a stolen car fleeing police. As the driver - their friend - must face justice, the fingerpointing begins. Kirsty Johnston visits a divided Featherston.

In a haunting case of deja vu, two of the families scarred by Sunday's horror crash were involved in an accident with eerily similar circumstances two decades ago.

Coral-Ellen Burrows should be planning a party. Instead, her family will gather at her graveside. Her life was cut short in a crime that brought New Zealand to a standstill.

A man has admitted setting fire to a house he was building with his ex-partner, dousing it in kerosene and watching it burn as he drank wine on the lawn.

A group that savagely bashed a disabled man who had been the subject of a false rape rumour will each spend at least 17 years in jail.

An 87-year-old World War II veteran is distraught after coming home to find his Featherston house broken into and his television gone.