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Sheep heads across highway after crash
A large amount of offal spilled onto State Highway 2 west of Wairoa.
A large amount of offal spilled onto State Highway 2 west of Wairoa.
Police and the SPCA are on the trail of a driver seen dragging a dog at speed down a Northland highway. South African Werner Roos
A fire that ripped through a popular Rotorua restaurant last night is not being treated as suspicious. The fire was at Bistro 1284
A Hastings man has admitted to stealing from a church to try pay off a drug debt. Jonathan Langley Dine, 25, pleaded guilty when
Two dogs involved in the fatal mauling of a pet goat on Victoria Ave more than a week ago were still being held in the Tararua District
An elderly Tamatea couple and others who live on their street are feeling so intimidated by youths roaming around and stealing things
One of the survivors of the 1997 Raurimu massacre is set to release a book about his life and his terrifying ordeal at the hands of gunman Stephen Anderson.
An Whangarei engineering firm has been ordered to pay more than $70,000 after an employee injured an index finger which had to be
Rural firefighters are running out of water with the Tikokino Fire Station needing a new pump for the first time in 15 years to reach
The sun has come out to play and is here to stay, with a scorcher of a long weekend across the country.
A couple who survived the 1997 Raurimu massacre have opened up for the first time in two decades about the terrifying experience and the impact it has had on their lives.
15-year old Phoebe Jury has a talent for handling miniature horses. She has just been selected to be part of the New Zealand youth team, to go to Australia in April. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
If you thought summer was missing in action last month, official figures released today prove it.
A grey beaked whale has beached at Taurikura, in Whangarei Harbour. A rescue operation, including members of the Department of Conservation
We can expect normal temperatures in the coming months but less rain.
Children in Levin have been risking their lives to raid a home ravaged by fire, giving the home owner more anxiety.
On February 8 1997 Stephen Anderson went on a shooting spree at his family lodge just out of the small North Island town of Raurimu.
After Julian Bowlin pushed his partner to the ground, he phoned the police and told them to come and arrest him. Bowlin pleaded guilty
Volunteer firefighters used the jaws of life to free a horse suffocating under its own weight after it tried to escape from the float
Four young women have been arrested for the aggravated robbery of a Paihia dairy thanks to an alert local who noticed a suspicious
A 20-year-old student from Rotorua has come up with a novel way to get from Cape Reinga to Bluff.
A dog couldn't do it, neither could an extensive search, but a tin of tuna has caught a cat that was loose on a Bay of Islands wildlife
Police said injured woman was pinned for "a few seconds'' by a car driven by a 40-year-old man trying to angle park.
International scientists have claimed the 7.8 Kaikoura quake has raised the potential threat of another large NZ event - but a Kiwi scientist says that's unlikely.
Kaikoura quake damage to businesses has topped $900 million, according to insurance figures.
Most of the country can expect another warm, dry holiday weekend, but the West Coast is in for a wet one.
Two people arrested after a self-styled "cannabis club" in Whangarei was bust by police have elected trial by jury. Brian Thomas
The truck fire blocking part of SH1 south of Warkworth has been cleared, but traffic is still heavy.
Tinder dry conditions are thought to have contributed to two large grass fires which ravaged rural areas of Hawke's Bay yesterday