A 13-year-old East Coast boy has become one of New Zealand's youngest killers after admitting a charge of manslaughter today.

Cooking demonstrations, fish filleting and mussel opening competitions are part of the fun at the Tauranga Moana Seafood Festival.

Using tear gas, the Armed Offenders Squad today arrested an alleged aggravated robber who has been on the run since June.

Heavy rain is lashing the North Island's East Coast, leaving dozens of homes without power and closing rural schools and roads.

Schools have closed, houses are without power and homes have been evacuated as rain continues to lash the Gisborne region.

We quiz some of New Zealand's best winemakers to find their tipples du jour.

Spanish winemaker Telmo Rodriguez has seduced a Kiwi distributor with his ravishing reds.

NIWA's latest seasonal outlook predicts temperatures in all regions are likely to be above average from October to December.

The people in the Fashion Week crowd that really matter are the ones who can make or break a label - the buyers.

New Zealand's analogue television service will be switched off progressively nationwide between September 2012 and late 2013, the Government said today.

Family and friends today recalled four-year-old Lucas Ward as a "little man who could not be contained" with a special zest for life.