Leading Aircraftman Rochelle Wech had just set up home in Wallingford Way with her boyfriend after a six-month deployment in East Timor when the tornado hit.

Auckland transport politicians are backing a proposal to recreate beaches lost to North Shore's Shoal Bay when the harbour bridge was built in the 1950s.

The median house price in New Zealand rose to a record $380,000 last month as sales jumped by almost a third compared to October 2011, according to new figures.

Home owners with big mortgages can breathe a sign of relief - interest rates seem destined to stay low, despite a springtime house-price surge.

Police statistics show which regions were most affected by crime in 2011. Take a look at our interactive graphic.

Type in your 100m time and see where you would finish in a one-off race against two-time 100m Olympic champion Usain Bolt.

A quirky look at various world records ahead of the London 2012 Olympics.

A graphical look at which countries have won the most gold medals in each Olympics since 1896.

A graphical look at which sports offer the most golds at the London 2012 Olympics.

Keep updated with the Volvo Ocean Race by following the race tracker.

The main points of the 2012 Budget.

Incredible photos of the areas devastated by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan and how those areas look one year on.

Two drivers were clocked at over 200km/h on 50km/h suburban roads last year.