Canadian oil company Apache has been talking up the prospects for onshore oil finds on the North Island's East Coast and is trying to play concerns about fracking and the local environment.

A Dannevirke man has been told by a local health board his stomach pain may have been caused by a hysterectomy - the surgical removal of a woman's uterus.

Writer Peter Wells explains the process of working with Auckland artist Gavin Hurley to create the cover for his new biography of the controversial historical figure William Colenso

A Napier teen who sent 187 text messages claming she was being kept in the boot of a car sparked a twin-city manhunt.

A Hawke's Bay man who was shot by police after allegedly threatening them with a hand grenade this morning was not armed, police say.