Fishing line tied across bike track
Police are investigating the ''moronic'' actions of a person who tied fishing line at head height across a Queenstown track.
Police are investigating the ''moronic'' actions of a person who tied fishing line at head height across a Queenstown track.
Allen Inoke was oblivious to his secret little passenger when he dropped off a loan car in Hamilton yesterday.
His missing five-year-old daughter will be "scared to bits", Allen Inoke said.
A Wellington man has had to clear himself of $10,000 non-existent debt after falling victim to identity fraud.
We talk to Charmeyne Te Nana-Williams of What Ever it Takes, a home-based rehabilitation and support services organisation.
Rachael De Jong drowned near Taupo on Waitangi Day - one of 31 drownings so far. Ahead of her funeral today, her family have written this tribute.
Hamilton City Council opened up its previously closed council workshops for the first time - except it forgot to tell anyone about it.
After the passing of his father Ian, Kim Harrison is auctioning off almost his entire vintage tractor collection. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Karen Jackson thought it was an ordinary day. It was anything but.
With a fire scarred home behind them, a Christchurch couple contemplate how close they were to losing their home.
Law and order looks set to be a major part of this year's election campaign, so is it instead time to re-assess whether the prison system really works?
Kiwi Harry Potter fans will Slytherin to line at Wellington's Roxy Cinema next month for a 24-hour movie marathon. The spellbinding
It's a long, hot slog fighting a fire as big and complex as the one in the Hawke's Bay in the blazing heat. But it's also satisfying work.
Judy Richards, whose son Rhys Middleton was killed by a tourist driver last year, is leading calls for testing foreign motorists.
A survey of Kiwis has revealed what we want most for Valentine's Day - and the answer may surprise you.
Four of Shakespeare’s best-known masterpieces will be performed in a pop-up replica of Shakespeare’s legendary globe theatre this year. Tristram Clayton headed over to investigate.
Wild-style bouquets are taking over as the preferred display of love.
Whales, toothfish and the confounding puzzle that is Antarctica's sea ice will be targeted in six bold new Kiwi studies to be carried out on the frozen continent and in the Southern Ocean.
Preparing New Zealand's water stores for a warmer climate is a major focus of new research projects just awarded more than $2 million.
A truck dropped a steel beam on State Highway 1 through Hamilton this morning, causing delays for motorists.
High winds to bring more misery to fire crews fighting bush blazes today, but no rain where it is needed.
Accused stepfather says dead toddler's bruises and bite marks the result of a 'freakish accident'.
Daisy Salter survived being born at 23 weeks and two days. Now her parents hope other babies will benefit from a study to predict premature birth.
DoC staff were tonight monitoring a pod of about 200 pilot whales milling around in the sea off Golden Bay.
Celebrities Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling are ready to "snuggle some sheep" during their stay in New Zealand. Witherspoon, who
A woman who survived a crash into Lake Wakatipu was initially trapped in her vehicle, police say.
Two bus-loads of school children are among those who have been escorted out of a Hawke's Bay fire zone, as several large fires burn throughout the district.
Tensions rose near the end of day one into an inquest into the deaths of three young Hamilton people after one of the witnesses changed his evidence.
Labour and Act say they will back a Green Party proposal to give domestic violence victims up to 10 days' paid leave.
NZ can celebrate being pronounced the least corrupt country in the world. But that doesn't mean we should be complacent, writes Bryce Edwards.