A paraglider pilot flown to hospital this morning with leg injuries has been praised for his quick-thinking.

A man threatening to jump off a roof sparked a police callout early this morning.

A dog owner at war with her Auckland neighbours has progressed to a new home - and a brand new controversy - a little further south.

The Noises island group is under threat from greedy fishers and careless visitors. Geoff Cumming meets the family who care for a piece of paradise.

Residents and local exercise lovers are still reeling a week on from the killing of jogger Joanne Pert in a Remuera street, Cherie Howie reports.

Ten people have been injured after a collision involving three cars and a truck near Taupo.

The father of Waikato crash victim Logan Wright had the "longest, most painful, heart-wrenching" drive of his life after his son's tragic death.

Judge declines media applications to photograph award-winning Kiwi entertainer accused of sex offences against four women.

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

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.

An elderly farm worker spent hours trapped in his tractor on rural farmland in Hawkes Bay after he injured his spine.

10-year-old Luca and his family have collected abandoned jandals off Gisborne beaches for more than 10 years.

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.

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.

Boogie boarding on the sand dunes of Hokianga is addictive, family friendly fun, writes Rob Cox.

Marley was a beloved family pet and owner Chelsea Ellmers says it feels like a piece of her family is missing.

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.