Police have identified a motorcyclist who was killed after a police chase last night ended in a high-speed crash.

Four people, including a child, have been rescued after spending all night clinging for dear life to their capsized dinghy.

Wanganui can be spelled with or without an 'h', the Government ruled today.

Wanganui is to be given its "h" back in a compromise under which Govt agencies will have to follow the new spelling but others will have a choice.

Wellington's mayor lauds a move to proceed with Transmission Gully but her Kapiti counterpart admits to being "extremely disappointed".

The long-awaited Transmission Gully route has been approved as part of a $2.2 billion upgrade of State Highway 1 from Wellington to Levin.

An 11-year-old boy was trapped in a crashed car with his dead grandfather for 20 minutes yesterday.

Blood, fat and discarded pieces of butchered animals were spread 15km on SH2 after a tailgate opened on a truck.

The PM has left the door open for Labour to work with the Government on a solution to the problematic foreshore and seabed law.

Altitude and adventure mingle on this helihike.

A teenager whose night of drinking ended with the death of his best friend in a road crash has been jailed for five years.

A man had to choose between rescuing his wife or teenage son when their car plunged into a river at the weekend.