The National Poisons Centre has received 13 calls about methadone cases across New Zealand

Council staffer fleeces council of $384,000.

A Dannevirke referee spent an hour lying on cold, wet paddock, holding injured player.

'Wanna fight?' Gang member jumps fence and attacks man at his new home.

Special tribunal considers re-notification of WCO application, given new science findings.

The relocated car was undamaged, locked, and nothing appeared to have been taken from it.

Community members rallied in vain to save a man hit by a car in Onekawa

There may have been more than 60mm of rain.

A Wellington Lotto player has won $1 million.

Many rivers and streams are still flowing fast and there is still a lot of debris.

SH5 from Taupō to Napier reopening by 12.30pm - NZTA.

Havelock North crash victim remembered as "fantastic mum".

Two empty shipping containers blown into the sea by the gale-force winds in Napier.

Downpours have swamped an already rain-soaked Gisborne district.

Newborn accidentally given Methadone at community pharmacy.

It was time for Hawks to show they were capable of mixing it with the Saints. Did they?

Lost man suffering from hypothermia and starvation is found after weeks in the bush.

Methadone poisoning in children can have severe consequences.

A chilling southerly breeze is making its way up the country.

Havelock North Wanderers make most of heavy underfoot against Suburbs in Chatham Cup loss.

Kaumātua says matter is not resolved and there will be more protests.

The man's arrest followed an Armed Offenders Squad callout on Friday.

Hawks coach Zico Coronel says NBL mentors can learn from the Giants' Jamie Pearlman.

Martin has played 32 test matches for the Black Ferns and now works for the fire service.

Havelock North man Ray Mettrick received a Queen's Service Medal for services to cricket.

The awards were for service including to governance, animals, Maori, Pasifika and sport.

Ratima determined to "honour the honour" bestowed.

Hawke's Bay's wine hub provides an idyllic getaway, writes Eveline Harvey.

The lake and established park surroundings are popular with family, locals and tourists.

Aroz Gilbert, 25, died days before her op, which had been rescheduled with no explanation.