"Lowest of the low" - that's how former MP Dover Samuels describes the thieves who ransacked a friend's home within days his death

An early morning fishing trip ended in disaster when a boat in Bay of Islands started taking on water after its hull was pierced by

When Megan Burns plays the trumpet it blows her great dane dog Ash away - he even provides some vocals to go with the sweet tunes. But

When John and Judy McCaffery brought their family to Matapouri Bay for a summer holiday they were horrified to find part of the estuary

The CHB SPCA is investigating the death of 14 puppies, found dumped along riverbanks in the district. The dead pups were from two

A Far North woman with three young children in her car - one of them a four-week-old baby - was allegedly more than four times over

A logging truck and car has crashed on one of Tauranga's busiest arterial routes. Police are responding to the collision near 15th

The Hawke's Bay public are being urged to keep an eye on the proximity of vegetation to powerlines after a large fire in Bridge Pa

Traffic was slowed but lanes were not blocked after a large truck rolled on the roundabout at the junction of State Highway 1 and

Vector says more than 15,000 Auckland households were without power this morning. As of 5pm, that number was now 3000.

Summer may still be on the cards - but expect the cool temperatures to linger for at least a few more weeks.

Man's best friend could give a Levin youngster with a rare lung disease a new lease on life. Assistance dog Mali has been hanging

But the good news is that the bad weather should clear by Sunday and hopefully we'll be on track for some real summer feels.

It might be the middle of summer but that hasn't stopped the snow from falling.

Children on a school holiday programme escaped major injury when the van they were in hit a tree.

American spies have monitored Tauranga drug traffickers as they gather intelligence on the worldwide trade in narcotics. The revelation

A crisis-ridden exam season has raised new concerns about some of the unintended by-products of the National Certificate of Educational

The Privacy Commissioner has found a photography business misled a mother "about almost everything" in using photos of her young children

Neighbours of Whitianga residents who lost their homes in this week's bush fires have been rallying around - donating food, clothing and time to support the recovery effort. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

An unconventional cafe on Napier's Marine Parade has drawn criticism after petanque players found the Napier City Council consented

The driver of a vehicle that flipped on State Highway 2 had fallen asleep behind the wheel, endangering their own and other road users' lives, police say.

Talented teen hockey player Olivia Ward is from a small school in Hawke's Bay where there are only 39 girls in her entire year group

Auckland and Northland are about to get much-needed rain with a line of thunderstorms off the coast of the North Island.

The sale of a Hawke's Bay kiwifruit orchard property is believed to have achieved a record price for any sale of New Zealand kiwifruit land.

Three shearers from different corners of the country have smashed a world shearing record - 1611 strongwool ewes between them in just eight hours. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The Manakau Hotel's operators have had their licence renewed for three years to continue selling alcohol, but with an earlier closing

Gliding down the steady flow of the Waikanae River, Amanda Gibbons watched from her raft as her son followed closely behind on an

A scrub fire north of Kaitaia is believed to have been started by a preschool child playing with matches.

Prominent Maori broadcaster Kingi Ihaka dies aged 74.

David Wade says building a shipping container house requires living outside the box as well as thinking outside the box. The Fonterra