Police have found a missing 9-year-old who hadn't been seen since yesterday morning.

Chris Daniels finds 10 good reasons to do the Tongariro Crossing in winter.

A mystery dog found in a car with a smashed window has gone to a new home.

"You're lucky that's all I'm going to f***ing do," Cody Amer told his mother after slapping her in the face during an argument. Later

A teacher's aide accused of assaulting a colleague at Whanganui High School has successfully completed diversion and had his charges

A woman upset about text messages her boyfriend had sent shunted his car into house. Jennifer Hazel Whareaorere appeared in the Whanganui

A drunk driving teacher who was more than four times over the alcohol limit "nearly fell out of the vehicle" after leading police

An argument over alleged damage to a car led to one man punching another several times in the face. Terrance Toko-Warren had been

A 3am drunken yelling match in the middle of the street has earned one man a community work sentence. Kadin Parekura Connell and

A man has denied ramming a police car with a ute in Marton. Christopher Malcolm Duane Muir, 35, pleaded not guilty in the Whanganui

After farming sheep, cattle and goats and filling many roles on national bodies rural Whanganui man Jeremy Austin is looking to become

Heavy snowfalls in the central north island is not all bad news: skiers and boarders are experiencing the best conditions for years on Mt Ruapehu.

An armed man who robbed a bar in Palmerston North yesterday fell over in the street and may have taken his shirt off in a scrambled getaway in near-freezing temperatures.

Rangitikei District councillor Mike Jones will not stand for re-election this year after three terms in the position. Councillor

Archibald and Arabella McGurkinshaw are ready to head off to the Rio Olympics - although they may not get far, considering they're

Falling off a toilet, accidentally sticking themselves with a used needle, and running into a parked truck are all injuries Whanganui

A man who slaughtered two of his ex-employer's sheep said he was taking "one for me and one for my friend". Jason Mathew Work stopped

A woman who "pushed her way in" to someone's house and attacked the occupant over a dog has been given a supervision sentence. Cathryn

A supervisory sentence has been imposed to help a man's drinking issues after he chased someone to their house and tried to break

A man was caught in the process of pushing a stolen car down a driveway and trying to start it, a court has been told. Jacob Matthew

"Oh, whatever," a man said when police questioned him about a threatening voicemail message he left someone. Carlos John Michael

An off-duty police officer grocery shopping with his children was "not so tough" without his uniform on, reckoned an offender.

A man who illegally hunted a stag was told he could hunt on a property in that area, but not that one, his lawyer says. "My instructions

A man who was "literally taken for a ride" on a burglary trip has been sentenced to prison. Dean Eaton was with a group of people

A man will appear in court this week after allegedly rolling his car onto its roof while over the drink driving limit. A police spokesman

A sow breaking free from her burning pen alerted her owner to the fire catching onto the side of his house. The fire started in an

She's described as a positive young girl with stage four cancer. An auction of sports star's gear is hoped to raise money to help with her treatment.

Four people were arrested and charged with drug offences following search warrants this week. Police carried out six searches in

A woman managed to trick a supermarket self-service checkout machine to recognise a $20 meat pack as 89 cents worth of onions.

Police have accepted a woman who published sexual abuse victims' names on Facebook did not know there was a suppression order. Nicola