Police are investigating the cause of a crash that killed an 8-year-old girl.

15-year old Phoebe Jury has a talent for handling miniature horses. She has just been selected to be part of the New Zealand youth team, to go to Australia in April. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A man has died in one of two serious truck crashes that have closed roads in Timaru and Taranaki this morning.

It has been a Labour Weekend with a difference for one mother - who unexpectedly gave birth on a Taranaki roadside.

In Taranaki, Elisabeth Easther finds a town with a playful history.

A man was killed after a car hit a fence and went down a bank this morning.