Passengers travelling across the Cook Strait will have much easier journey tomorrow as rolling waves subside.

The identities of three foreign nationals killed in an icy crash on the Desert Road are expected to be revealed today.

WATCH: Aerial footage. Three people have been killed after a car collided with a truck on the Desert Rd this morning.

The youngster suffered burns to 35 per cent of his body on Friday night when his shirt was set alight by a gas heater.

Two kayakers have been rescued after getting into trouble off the Whangaparoa Peninsula north of Auckland this morning. Emergency

Palmerston North Police are seeking a woman who is wanted for arrest over a raft of theft-related charges.

Thunder and lightning has struck parts of the North Island with motorists warned to take care as high winds hit.

Thunderstorms which hammered some parts of the North Island will be easing today but strong winds and rain will linger.

The teenager whose dangerous driving killed two of his Featherston friends will have to live with the "heart-breaking" effects of

A 22-metre long blue whale washed up on a private Far North beach has excited a marine mammal expert but also sparked a health warning as the giant sea creature decomposes.

A man bleeding from the head after being bashed with a skateboard had to wait outside Napier Police Station after going for help and finding the station closed.

Up to $25,000 worth of jewellery has been stolen from a house in Carterton - one of seven burglaries in the region over the weekend. The

Behaviour that a member of the public regarded as suspicious led to the seizure of tens of thousands of dollars worth of cannabis in Kaitaia last week.

Suspicious behaviour at a coastal holiday home has led to the discovery of a methamphetamine lab in Northland.

Court documents reveal criminal histories and rocky relationship before pair killed Moko.

In a few weeks' time, Allyson Lock's fate will be left "swinging in the wind". The Masterton mother of three has Pompe disease, a

At an age when most children spend all year anticipating their birthday presents, a Masterton boy has selflessly asked for foodbank

Hastings builder Cody Knox is reeling after thieves stole his car and the tools inside it, leaving him without even a hammer for his first week on the job.

A Featherston teenager who turned his life around after trying to set fire to the town's petrol station has escaped a prison sentence.

Charges of receiving kauri gum worth $25,000 have been withdrawn against a Whangarei man.

A Bay of Plenty liquor store owner is fed up after thieves targeted his store for the sixth time in as many months - and says more police are needed to handle crime in Tauranga.

One in three motorists will drive further to buy cheaper fuel, according to a nationwide survey of our service station habits.

The smell of burning food has led to the discovery of a body at a Masterton property. Police were called to Miriam St after being

More than 100 domestic flights leaving and arriving into Auckland Airport have been cancelled due to heavy fog.

A bearded man has tried to bundle an 8-year-old child into his car in Nga, Wellington.

Heavy rain and gale force winds are expected across New Zealand this week.

A colleague of two men who died when their helicopter plunged into the ocean off Northland hopes new standards will make fighting scrub fires safer.

Northern and central regions of the North Island can expect to be shrouded in fog with some areas not seeing daylight until lunchtime.

New Zealand firms turned optimistic about the state of the economy in the June quarter.

Rotorua's "luckiest" store is expecting big sales for tomorrow's $34 million Powerball jackpot.