Man accused of attacking two women in two days will be behind bars until next week.

A surfer survived a close encounter with a fin at a remote beach yesterday - but it wasn't the sort of fin you'd expect.

The owner of the husky that mauled an Auckland cat to death has been in contact with the feline's owner.

EXCLUSIVE: The man accused of killing Auckland jogger Jo Pert may have been spotted trying to break into houses the day before her death.

One person is injured after a crash in the Kauaeranga Valley, behind Thames.

Four children badly burned after a car they were in caught fire in the backyard of a Huntly house were sniffing fly spray.

A 23-year-old man has been arrested and charged with the abduction and sexual violation.

A woman has been charged after being caught with a breath alcohol level three times the legal limit and three pre-schoolers, two of them unrestrained, in her car.

A group of woman will join forces in a memorial run for slain jogger Jo Pert, to eliminate fears in the community after the attack.

It is more than eight months since a South Auckland cemetery was desecrated and the court case for the woman accused of the vandalism is no closer to being resolved.

Truck crash spills waste onto Southern Motorway.

Friends and family have made heartfelt tributes to the three young victims of a fatal crash.

Police have named the man killed in a car crash just south of Whangarei on Tuesday.

Fire investigators are this morning heading to the scene of a blaze that badly damaged Hutt Valley property last night.

Mother of 26-year-old Amy Katu, one of the victims of today's horror triple fatal crash in Te Kuiti, says she's in disbelief that her daughter is gone.

A man accused of punching a woman outside an east Auckland bar after she spoke Te Reo, has appeared in court.

The family of a motorcyclist killed in Hamilton this week has paid tribute to a loved husband and treasured dad.

The 27-year-old was killed just after 1pm near Weymouth Street while walking on the city's popular coastal walkway.

Two cars collided with a stock truck in Tauranga.

A person has died after a logging truck collided with a car on State Highway 1 near Oakleigh, south of Whangarei, this morning.

A pod of daring orcas have came very close to the Kapiti Coast shore line for the second time in recent months.

One person has died in a collision between a motorcycle and a van in central Hamilton this afternoon.

A man has died after a stack of panels fell on top of him at factory in the Waikato town.

GeoNet reports two "light" earthquakes today in the North Island.

Spyridia filamentosa, you are to blame.

Three drivers fled from Northland police within hours of each other, with one allegedly setting the stolen car he was driving on fire.

The Napier-Taupo Road has now reopened after a van plunged 6m down a bank early today.

Holidaymakers heading back to the grind in the Super City have one thing to smile about tonight, for most, it's a clear run home on the roads.

Swathes of the beach at Waipu Cove in Northland are covered in smelly red algae, blighting the spot's usually pristine golden sand.

A neighbour who tried to save the life of a preschooler hit by a car in a farm driveway near Tokoroa was too distressed later to talk about the fatality.