Forecasters are picking unsettled weather in the run up to Christmas.

Council spends $650,000 returning range back to square one.

Whangārei District Council gets tough on irresponsible freedom campers.

Firefighters skip Christmas parade to rescue precariously perched paraglider.

Hamilton North School struck by lightning shaken but up and running.

State Highway 1 reopens but traffic signals are still out and significant delays remain.

Dallas Adams lost his dad and brother in workplace accidents - now he works to save others

Leading scientists explain their search for the secrets of the Hikurangi zone.

A witness told the Herald the beer appeared not to be strapped down.

Several days of wet weather predicted as the country is pelted with heavy rain.

Heavy rain and possibly thunderstorms in many areas today.

Westpac says people are taking up options to pay off their mortgage sooner

One person has been flown to hospital after being seriously injured in a highway crash.

Parts of the North Island are waking up to a wet weekend and it's set to last for a while.

An oral surgeon has had his appeal against a $5000 fine dismissed.

Pātahi Rewi Hawaikirangi Kāwana Jnr fell overboard near Cape Palliser on October 11.

Rotorua's Tiny Deane is helping to set up a homeless shelter in Auckland.

If you bought your ticket at Glenview Centre Lotto & Post you may have struck gold.

Motorcyclists raising money for charity and teen passengers among the road fatalities.

Don't pack away your winter wardrobe, there's rain, hail and snow in the forecast.

The alleged abduction took place on October 5, police say.

The driver was killed instantly when his vehicle was crushed by a truck.

The first of 4400 traps is being laid this morning at a formal ceremony.

The 60-year-old Opotiki woman was attacked by the dogs in the town of Te Kaha.

Emergency services were called to the incident near Ruakaka around 7.40pm.

New police officer Nadine Staples is relishing being on the frontline in Whanganui

Peaches died after developing stress-related condition over the past few days.

Lewis Ave properties were unscathed when a large street tree was blown down by high wind.

Today's 6.2 magnitude quake has been felt by thousands of Kiwis across New Zealand.

A sharp 6.7 magnitude earthquake has rattled much of New Zealand this afternoon.