One man is dead and another is in custody following a suspected homicide just north of Whangarei tonight.

Neighbours have described the moment a search turned to tragedy when a 1-year-old boy was found drowned last night.

Man accused of faking qualifications has been denied bail after being caught allegedly trying to flee the country.

Jaden Lee Stroobant charged with murdering and sexually violating Cun Tian in her home.

Geoffroy de Saint Germain took a big breath and dived back under the water for a third time, knowing it would be his last shot to save a drowning man.

A person whose fireworks led to a large blaze at Paritutu Rock on Friday night has been tracked down by police.

The motorcycle community is shocked and saddened after losing one of its members in a fatal crash involving a tourist driver in Hawkes Bay yesterday.

There are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the sudden death of a man despite initial reports of a neighbour claiming she heard someone yelling "I killed him".

A teenager is in hospital with critical head injuries, after falling off a cliff on Auckland's North Shore.

A large fire in New Plymouth is thought to have been started by fireworks.

An unconscious man has been found in a critical condition in Auckland Domain overnight.

An attempt to firebomb Social Development Minister Anne Tolley's office to protest the TPP is likely to result in arrests, she says.

Mother's grief as man who ended her daughter's life sentenced to 250 hours community work.

Hundreds of locals and emergency service workers attended the funeral of Anne Talijancich, who died in a road crash on Saturday.

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An elderly woman who fell asleep at the wheel veered off a road and crashed in to a ditch in Hawke's Bay.

Police in Wellington will continue to speak to residents in the suburb of Newtown today after a woman's body was found in a house last night.

Onlooker at long weekend display at wharf says a pontoon site might have avoided injuries.

All people feared to be inside a house that was on fire in Hamilton are safe and accounted for.

As most Kiwis head home, some have no homes to go to - but that is changing in Hamilton, which aims to end homelessness this year.

An Auckland family is living in fear after being burgled twice and having two cars broken into in the past six weeks.

A large-scale fire has broken out at a house located inside the Long Bay Regional Park, on Auckland's North Shore.

A man has a suspected shoulder injury after falling down a cliff on a west Auckland walking track this afternoon.

A public fireworks display in Auckland was cut short last night after hot embers started showering down on people who had gathered to see the spectacle.

The blaze appears to have started in the kitchen and spread quickly into the ceiling of the building.

A belt of intense rain hit parts of Auckland this afternoon, although the the central city missed the most heavy falls.

Neighbours near Yates Park in Mangere say they have seen drug dealing in the park where three men were shot last night.