A number of schools have been closed due to flooding, affecting some students due to sit exams after afternoon.

A mother was subject to domestic violence for 15 years before she sought support from the Women's Refuge and fled her abusive husband. "My

Preliminary modelling suggests that the earthquake was caused by a rupture of a northeast-striking fault t, but this may be a more complex event.

Two men who showed every sign of intending to rob a Kaitaia service station in the early hours of Thursday morning were spectacularly

Police are yet to name a 65-year-old man who died in a four-vehicle crash near Mata on Sunday afternoon. The collision occurred on

Time stood still for the Taradale Memorial Clock Tower on Monday morning, just minutes after the magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit, with

Wellington CBD is open for business, but workers should check with their employers before heading into town for work.

A 100-year-old woman pulled alive from the rubble of her farmhouse had lived on the homestead for 64 years. Margaret Edgar was asleep

Government forces including transport ship Canterbury will be mobilised to get about 1000 tourists out of earthquake hit Kaikoura.

A volunteer Wairoa firefighter who was called out to help fight several scrub fires early on Saturday returned to the station just

Two people have died and several people suffered non-fatal heart attacks following the main 7.5 magnitude earthquake in North Canterbury.

Heavy rain and wind is forecast to batter the upper South Island and lower North Island this afternoon.

It's beginning to feel like summer in some parts of the country, with pohutukawa bursting into bloom. "People have been getting a

A person is in a moderate to serious condition after a gnarly car crash in Auckland.

A series of land slips forced residents to evacuate their homes as the capital was lashed by wild weather yesterday.

At least five homes have been evacuated and a main road has been closed after wild weather struck in the Wellington region.

As his frustration grew, Dustin La Mont went to ever more extreme measures to tackle his noisy neighbours.

The wet and windy spring weather looks set to continue but the warm summery temperatures are coming to an end this weekend.

The Parklee Bullride at the Central Hawke's Bay A and P Show tomorrow is set to go ahead after the government announced rodeos would

A Whangarei school has apologised to the family of a boy who banged his head on a wall while being disciplined by a teacher who has

The grandfather of a young Northland rugby player who died after receiving a head knock in a game - suffering a "re-bleed" of a large

Rare November snow is forecast for the South Island with road snowfall warnings issued for some alpine passes.

Mainfreight managing director Don Braid says he will take on more trucks and ships in the lead-up to what he expects to be record

A man on the run from authorities and considered dangerous left a message on the Northland police Facebook page next to his own mugshot

A Northland dairy owner hit on the head with a tyre iron during an attempted robbery says nine months' home detention for his attacker

Forty-five people, mostly over 70 were admitted to hospital with campylobacter a Hawke's Bay District Health Board update reveals. The

A police officer has told the crown at the Wanganui High Court yesterday Kevin Madams "bragged" to police about "smashing the prez." Tyrone

Three runners have started to carry Samuel Gibson's legacy across the country as they run from Hawera to Havelock North. Neil Wagstaff

Taku Manawa Kara was helping her mother move house when the car she was driving left the road, killing her in a crash.

A 33-year-old Whangarei man described as a "menace on the roads" has been jailed for four months and banned from driving for a year