A storm is bearing down on the country bringing heavy rain and destructive gales.

WWF-NZ says a shift to safer fishing practices to protect the Maui's dolphin is possible.

Police investigated a relationship between a man in his 50s and a teenage girl.

Two men plead guilty to attacking male and female overseas tourists at Ahipara.

It's a sunny end to a week of crazy weather but there's more rain on the horizon.

Family thank public support and speculate on what may have happened to missing fisherman.

This unusually damp, sticky weather is going to last for another week.

A Napier man has been sentenced to six and a half years imprisonment for rape.

Tauranga residents are rubbish at recycling.

Woman last seen at a Coromandel campground two months ago left her bag behind.

New initiative against teen drinking, drugs.

Countdown is the first national retailer in New Zealand to make the commitment.

If it continues, recent wet weather will put this year's vintage at risk.

A marae hit by floods eight times since 2003 is to be rebuilt out of reach of floodwaters

"They don't know if he's going to be able to breathe for himself."

Dame Tariana Turia questions whether we should pay GPs to gather smoking data.

Bay brigade volunteers faced numerous testing scenarios in a few short hours.

Weather for Adele's concert tonight forecast to be worst of star's three Auckland dates.

Ministry launches investigation into the killing of a pig in pound.

Four liquor outlets in Northland have been caught selling booze to minors.

Five months of home detention ordered for businessman guilty of exploitation.

Whangarei police increase patrols after three aggravated robberies in 15 days.

One family's traditional Hawke's Bay holiday could have been a lot worse if it wasn't for a group of Napier City Council workers. The

Tributes flowed for inspirational teen Te Amo-haere Rudolph.

Enjoy the fine weather while it lasts because rain is on the way.

Youths as young as 11 helped themselves to beer from a liquor store.

Optometry business Mr Foureyes is a equipping Kiwi kids with glasses. Founder Ravi Dass explains the social enterprise.

A warm, sunny week is expected across the North Island before the weather takes a turn for the worse on Friday.

Nearly 900 people have registered feeling the quake which struck north of Pongaroa.

Turangi is an affordable place for Kiwis to buy a holiday home, if you're prepared to travel.