Bay of Plenty employers have collectively paid out more than $548,400 over the past four years for causing serious harm to their workers

A Whangarei dairy farmer has been fined $3000 after two of his cows died on their way to an abattoir and a similar number had to be

The Department of Conservation says it's proceeding with the demolition of Aniwaniwa Visitors' Centre, despite claims it failed to

Aggressive behaviour towards staff and subsequent difficulty in getting teachers, along with a breakdown in relationships, is putting

She checked her ticket about 49 times, but despite her initial scepticism, the numbers didn't lie and a Paihia woman is now $500,000

Home values in Tauranga continue to soar, as QV release its latest report. Values have increased 28.5 per cent year on year and 7

A four-wheel-drive towing a boat crashed and ended up on the wrong side of State Highway 1 south of Whangarei, narrowly missing a

An early morning hunt for stingrays nearly ended in tragedy for an orca in Whangarei Harbour after it got stranded.

Hawke's Bay and Gisborne police are among the least "engaged" with widespread belief they are unable to deliver on promises made to

The East Coast continues to be rattled by aftershocks with several moderate quakes jolting the region overnight.

Heritage campaigners have launched a last-ditch effort to save an historic Waikaremoana building.

Aftershocks have continued to shake the North Island after it was hit by one of its biggest earthquakes in decades.

Seismologist Dr John Ristau answers some questions about earthquakes in the region.

Reports of damaged homes are starting to come following this morning's 7.1 quake which triggered a tsunami warning, closed schools and temporarily stopped trains.

Scientists say it would have been impossible to predict today's earthquake even though a tremor a day earlier was probably a foreshock.

This city has beaten 82 entries from cities worldwide to be recognised as a leading safe city.

This morning's M7.1 quake is the biggest to hit the north of the North Island in more than 20 years, when a M7.2 quake struck in a similar spot in 1995.

A Whangarei teen treated as his father's "dogsbody" has been jailed for more than nine years, for his role in the country's largest

The Waitangi Treaty Grounds is a finalist in the New Zealand Tourism Awards, going head-to-head with TIME Unlimited Tours of Auckland.

Convictions in Rotorua for cannabis possession have fallen more than 66 per cent in the last six years - adding fuel to nationwide

A local car dealer has warned the thieves who stole some mags and tyres off a vehicle behind his business that they may not have got

A faulty test may be why Hastings District Council was unaware for five days that the Havelock North water supply was contaminated. In

The Japanese tourist whose belongings were stolen when the driver he hitched a lift with sped off has seen another side of Northland

Courts let dangerous American pitbull terrier cross live after nine months on death row. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT

A teenage boy who fled from a car during a police chase has been arrested after he was found hiding in a treehouse. Westshore, Napier

When Jo and Brian Guy's son Scott was murdered near Feilding six years ago it set into motion a series of tragic events and traumas.

A former Whangarei Department of Corrections worker awarded $7000 after she complained of sexual harassment - including an allegation

A Napier business owner could do nothing but watch, as a car left the road and plunged into the side of a building last night. Emergency

The Ngapuhi Runanga has decided to extend Sonny Tau's leave as chairman of the board for a further six months after he was found guilty

Police are thanking a member of the public who helped to tackle a man who had just assaulted an officer with a chair in Kaikohe. Senior