A soldier was struck by a stray bullet while operating a standard-issue light machine gun late this morning.

Police are confident a man who leapt into the Waikato River in Cambridge after failing to stop his car last night has made it ashore.

The partner of a gang member accused of beating her was declared a hostile witness after refusing to repeat her complaint in court.

A portrait by renowned NZ artist Charles Frederick Goldie is expected to sell for close to $250,000 when it goes up for auction in Auckland.

An eyewitness to an attack on school principal and councillor Hawea Vercoe, told a court his head was kicked like a rugby ball.