A chance intervention has continued the remarkable good fortunes of a plucky ewe that was dubbed "New Zealand's luckiest lamb". Lucky

Communities are questioning the placement of high-risk sexual offenders near children after two cases involving three separate abusers emerged yesterday.

Port of Tauranga posted a 2.3 per cent decline in full-year profit, partly reflecting an accounting change but also a sharp decline in log volume.

The crash is affecting southbound lanes near the Penrose over bridge.

Health Minister Jonathan Coleman has confirmed a Government-initiated independent inquiry into the Havelock North water contamination.

Maximum temperatures sprang into the late teens in much of the country, and more good weather is heading our way.

Hundreds of baskets have been stolen from Pak'nSave Palmerston North - and it appears some thieves are making their getaways on mobility scooters.

A 54-year-old woman has been attacked from behind, dragged and had cash taken from her bag during an early morning walk to a Whangarei

Fire crews are currently at the scene of a large house fire in Rotorua.

Mark James Lang was an engineer and used his skills and knowledge to construct one of the biggest clandestine methamphetamine laboratories in the country.

A logging truck driver will go through "intensive training" before he returns to the road after a truck rollover in Northland, says

A mentor for troubled young Maori in Whangarei "blotted his copybook" by being involved in a night-time punch-up with the occupants

Northland is getting its first fixed speed camera. This month, a camera will be installed on State Highway 1, just south of Kaiwaka

It's up to the people to decide whether Hastings mayor Lawrence Yule keeps his job in October, following the largest outbreak of waterborne

All Havelock North schools have now closed because of the gastro outbreak with up to half the rolls sick.

Cafes and restaurants in Havelock North are also feeling the effects of the gastro bug with tables and chairs sitting empty.

The board chairman of a Northland school which lost several buildings in a fire says it is "awesome" knowing the school will be getting

Napier MP Stuart Nash called yesterday for bottled water companies to "step up and provide a couple of truckloads of water to the

Leanne Prichard and her daughter, 16-year-old Bella, can't wait to start their new life in New Zealand in the perfect girls' pad - House 1 from The Block.

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.

It is understood that he was caught in a potato harvesting machine while working on a property in Barber Rd, Moutoa, just north of Shannon.

They say karma comes in many forms - and for some brazen Wellington car thieves, it was the pungent smell of a stoat's backside.