Rainy days are here to stay for most of the country today, as the wet weather which has stuck around for the last couple of weeks shows no signs of abating.

When Northland man Manuel Springford goes into the bakery on Mondays for a meat pie you're likely to hear him say "kopaki kiko maku"

Whangarei police have arrested a teenager suspected of ram-raiding a Northland service station and taking fishing equipment. Officers

We've been counting down the towns that have made the biggest contributions to Olympic glory - and today we announce the winner.

A mayoral candidate has described the culture at Wellington City Council toxic.

A Northland sharemilker has been ordered to pay two labourers nearly $33,000 in wage arrears and lost remuneration.

The Richard Deacon sculpture Nobody Here But Us has the highest insurance value of any work in Auckland Council's art collection.

Severe weather conditions are forecast in some parts of the country today, with high winds and heavy snowfall warnings in place.

Heinz Wattie's is building a $4 million beetroot storage and grading facility the size of a rugby field as it moves to more closely

A 6200km road trip comes to an epic end, and a startling conclusion, in a place of pilgrimage.

A pistol-wielding robber stole money and cigarettes from a Waihi diary today as the terrified shopkeepers cowered on the floor.

A Flaxmere man jailed in 2012 for the manslaughter of his partner's son, Mikara Reti, has been denied parole.

A Northlander arrested during a major drug bust told a jury he had no knowledge methamphetamine was being manufactured at a rural

Daniel the albatross, who crash-landed on Ninety Mile Beach last week, spread his wings before being released back into the wild off

Our epic road trip reaches the Bay of Islands where there's always time to stop and soak up the sights.

A record stranding of three turtles on Ninety Mile Beach in a week has marine life experts calling for people to keep an eye out for mounds that move on the sand.

The family of a Hastings man bashed to death with a taiaha are delighted his killer's appeal has been kicked out. The Court of Appeal

Our ultimate road trip uncovers a boon for the motorist, a super swimming hole and a beauty spot almost too good to be true.

Les Ahuriri can't see why anybody would live Auckland. He lives in a bus at Tokomaru Bay with no power and no running water.

Kids will miss out on a swim over the last weekend of the school holidays after a crypto outbreak.

Who We Are: David Fisher and videographer Mark Mitchell visit Parihaka in their search for what it means to be Kiwi in 2016.

A legal technicality has the Department of Corrections scurrying to impose special release conditions on a soon-to-be-released fraudster

When the sun had risen and the day began properly, the temperature in Napier was still around zero. The grass was crisp and crunched underfoot.

A grandmother told a 45-year-old Northland man who admitted raping her granddaughter he was a "vile predator" before he was jailed

Five people are suffering minor injuries after a bus with 39 people on board veered off the road near Central North Island's Tangiwai.

The man has been identified as Benjamin Christopher Dahlkamp, a 45-year-old from Tauranga.

A couple were sitting in the warmth of their lounge when their brightly burning fire started spewing smoke and embers into the room.

A Martinborough man who sparked a day-long police manhunt has pleaded guilty to pointing a gun in public. Robert James Atkinson

Wellington tradies are being warned to lock up their tools and equipment following a number of thieves targeting construction sites and work vehicles.

A Carterton hairdressers had a close shave yesterday morning when a vehicle careered into the shop's window, leaving staff "pretty