Police have conceded the response to a woman who barricaded herself in her home and called 111 after being followed to her home did not meet the usual standard.

A repeat dope grower caught cultivating nearly $100,000 worth of cannabis commercially inside a garage has been jailed for more than

A team of investigators are no closer to sourcing Havelock North's water contamination. Further test results from Hastings, Flaxmere

Skiers and snowboarders flocked to sunny Mt Ruapehu in such great numbers today that the access road to Whakapapa ski area had to be closed.

Three men and a 13-year-old boy have been arrested after a 60 strong brawl in Tokoroa which saw a teenage boy seriously injured.

Councils around the North Island are assuring residents of the safety of their water supplies following a gastro outbreak in Hawke's Bay.

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

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.

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

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.

1. What day and time were you first told that a test of the water was positive and what action did you take? On Friday at 2.30pm

Friends, family, colleagues, colleagues' family members - nosy nurse looked at their medical notes.

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

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

A shabby ute is being used to protest suburban snobbery just north of Wellington.

A woman who fell from a horse was picked up by the Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter and airlifted to hospital today.

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".