Artists in Whanganui open their studios. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Artists in Whanganui open their studios. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Shearers raise funds for cause close to their hearts - Made with funding from NZ On Air

Shearers raise funds for cause close to their hearts - Made with funding from NZ On Air

Shearers raise funds for cause close to their hearts - Made with funding from NZ On Air

Police say the man who died after during a police pursuit was a 26-year-old from Taupo.

Pursuit of motorcycle rider had ended before crash, police say.

Sir Paul Beresford was in the Palace of Westminster when the deadly rampage began outside.

A woman has been left shaken after intruders tied her up.

Edna Pei reveals in an exclusive interview, why her brother shot at police stations in Palmerston North in 2015. She says the MidCentral District Health Board pushed him over the edge. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

MacDonald's remains were found in the Mangahao Dam area of the Tararua Foothills.

The incidents took place half an hour apart on Friday evening.

South Island reporter Kurt Bayer has clinched fourth spot in the New Zealand Gumboot Throwing Championships.

Teenage runaways have some explaining to do today.

A recent immigrant to New Zealand has had everything taken in a burglary in Whanganui.

A recent immigrant to New Zealand has had everything taken in a burglary in Whanganui. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The five Upper Hutt teenagers had been uncontactable to family members since last night.

Two trampers have been airlifted out of a remote hut southeast of Taihape after a suspected case of food poisoning. The two women

A herd of cows photographed cooling off in the river that supplies drinking water to Horowhenua were due to be moved away from the

Kurt Bayer went to the Gumboot Throwing Champs as a reporter, and left a champ.

Whanganui Mayor Hamish McDouall has rejected a report by the Maxim Institute suggesting many regions like his will drop or stagnate within three decades. Made with funding from NZ On Air

Whanganui Mayor Hamish McDouall has rejected a report by the Maxim Institute suggesting many regions like his will drop or stagnate within three decades. Made with funding from NZ On Air

It's an expensive exercise for Kapa haka teams to get themselves onto the stage at Te Matatini - organisers say they want to help more with that cost as well as becoming an autonomous business. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The hard work, uniforms and final kapa haka performance at Te Matatini is what represents Te Reanga Morehu o Ratana as an iwi. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Plumber Dan has done it again, with a raft race down the Wanganui river to raise money for Plunket. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Plumber Dan has done it again, with a raft race down the Wanganui river to raise money for Plunket. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Mike King's appearance at the piggery near Levin helped in the campaign to ban on sow crates.

Police are working to notify relatives and complete formal identification of the body.

Excited Bruce Springsteen fans have been spotting the music legend out and about in Auckland.

In 2015, the first year of a three-year survey 33 blue whales were sighted in the South Taranaki Bight, this year there were 68 different individuals.