The rain came down in monsoon strength at the country's biggest Christian music festival yesterday.

Festival headliners Switchfoot are returning to the annual Christian music gathering after some musical soul-searching.

Touching operatic allegory parallels lives of man and beast.

Neighbours of a murdered Hamilton woman say authorities knew of tensions between her and her alleged killer, and should have acted sooner.

P-cooks are increasingly setting up P-labs in workplace carparks so staff can buy the drug during their tea breaks, a drug detection agency says.

Police are seeking a woman after a reported attempted child kidnapping in Hamilton.