An employee sustained serious burns to his calves and arm when the adhesive he was using caught fire.

Public transport fares will now be calculated by the number of the city's 13 zones someone travels through, rather than how many trips they take.

An elderly man has been picked up by rescue helicopter after he severely injured himself when his quad bike rolled.

The skipper of a fishing boat who suffered serious pelvic injuries while at sea off Northland was winched aboard a helicopter in a dramatic rescue.

Auckland Council says 25 names were left off its candidate list for the upcoming local elections due to an "administrative oversight".

Hundreds sick from town's contaminated water supply

Mayoral candidate Phil Goff has launched a bold plan to plant a million trees and shrubs in Auckland.

Think you have bad neighbours? This woman got an anonymous note about out two 'shabby' cars in her driveway.

There are 17 people in the running for the Auckland Council's top job.

A woman's house was burgled and a few days later she saw a teenage stranger wearing her clothes.

It looks like a winter wonderland - unless you're a farmer who has lost stock and fences, say Hawke's Bay locals struggling after the area's worst snow storm in more than half a century.

A meeting to make final decisions on a new blueprint for Auckland took a major twist this morning when members of the Maori Statutory Board opted out of the process.

Maori pop phenomenon Poi E is sung with gusto and abiding love at the close of the Patea Maori Club night every Monday night. For

The acclaimed and well-documented Hawke's Bay bach First Light is on the market. Named after New Zealand being the first country

Part of a one-lane bridge gave way as a truck carrying a trailer tried to cross it in Whangarei. The Brownlee General Carriers and

Naomi Austen-Reid is proud to call Kaitaia home so, when she saw the Far North town getting a bad rap, she wanted people to focus

Welcome relief as new police help Northland officers stretched by a jump in serious crime.

Man on sex charges dies before trial.

An intellectually disabled Whangarei teenager who admitted committing a string of burglaries, including breaking into a newly-wed

A Northland man is counting his lucky stars after he woke up in time to flee a burning cottage that was completely destroyed. An

After a night of freezing temperatures, heavy rain and snow, forecasters are predicting more of the same today.

A woman is in stable condition in hospital after an incident in Clendon Park, south Auckland, this afternoon.

Police are appealing for witnesses who may have seen a male approach a 12-year-old girl in Hamilton.

Tenant had been drinking and was stressed after a bad day. So she lit a fire in the kitchen of her Housing New Zealand home.

A Napier man who killed one and seriously injured two others while driving drunk has appealed his sentence, claiming it is "excessive". Tyler

A horse has been put down after being hit by a vehicle in the seaside town of Haumoana, Hawke's Bay, yesterday morning. Police were

The High Court has ruled a young Northlander's conviction for unlawful assembly during a brawl by rival gangs was disproportionate

A teenager driver was caught leaping from the roof of his car after losing control and driving into a creek.

A Whangarei house was 10 minutes away from being fully engulfed in flames but thanks to neighbours who saw the smoke, fire crews were able to extinguish the fire.

A former NZ volunteer fire chief who was killed in an accident in the US has been remembered for his humour and commitment to the Fire Service.