People have flocked to the beaches to enjoy the sunshine of the long holiday weekend, with conditions set to stay this way for the rest of the week.

A woman told yesterday how a blood-soaked teenager screamed for help at her front door, as two of his friends lay dead in a car wreck nearby.

The Commerce Commission is warning businesses not to mislead customers when applying a surcharge on goods and services ahead of this weekend's Labour Day holiday.

The Waitakere Tramline was built in the early 1900s to facilitate repairs and maintenance to the Waitakere Dam. Weekly trips have now been running for 35 years and are a great way to amuse the entire family, whatever the weather.

Staying home is the new going away. Bronwyn Sell looks at how the 'staycation' can be just as fun as a holiday away - and at the same time can save you lots of money.

The Blacks Caps 2010/11 schedule has been announced with only two test matches set aside for the summer.

An Auckland firm is seizing the initiative in boosting public holidays for its workers. Should other firms join them?

Some 2000 metal and manufacturing workers have negotiated a one-off holiday in 2011 to make up for missed public holidays.

The rest of the school holidays could be chilly, with wind expected for the north, frosts predicted in the heartland, and heavy rain in the south.

Foul weather on the first day of the school holidays drove many parents to the cinemas.

Police will evaluate the weekend's "zero-tolerance" trial policy on speed before deciding to extend it or apply it again.

Police are praising motorists for their "slow and careful" driving over the long weekend, which looked set to be the lowest Queen's Birthday road toll in 50 years.

Queen's Birthday weekend has seen a drop in the overall number of crashes, with police trumpeting their zero tolerance approach to speeding as a factor.

The first person to be killed on the roads this holiday weekend was "a good mummy who loved her kids".

We've taken a week off and have escaped what is shaping up to be a rather aggressive winter and have come here for a treat.