
Kiwi spotted in broad daylight
A shortage of food caused by the drought is forcing some of Northland's normally nocturnal kiwi to forage in broad daylight. Kerikeri
A shortage of food caused by the drought is forcing some of Northland's normally nocturnal kiwi to forage in broad daylight. Kerikeri
The warm summer has been a good one for boaties in Napier but it has also seen a slight spike in thefts of marine gear. Among 11
A Tauranga mother feared her 3-year-old child had been snatched when he went missing at Bayfair for almost half an hour. Mum-of-two
A man who held up McDonald's in Whanganui with a knife has been given time behind bars. And his partner who swiped a getaway car
New Zealand is now experiencing the worst of the fire season, a top officer says, with a dangerous combination of high temperatures and low relative humidity creating tinder-dry conditions across eastern hot-spots.
It's a question summer-deprived Wellingtonians couldn't be blamed for asking: Why is Australia sweltering in a heat wave while their own city hasn't broken 25C all season?
TONGUE-PIERCER: Art + Body owner Julie Paama-Pengelly watches Siobhan Mikaere demonstrate the piercing of Sunny Yu Sun's tongue. PHOTO
A bush fire near a Taupo native forest is well under control but it will take crews another few days to make sure it's completely out.
Two serious house fires have broken out in the North Island.
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
Tributes are pouring in for the young woman killed in a car crash last week. Emergency services were called to the scene on Te Aute
Waitangi Day will be another cracker for most of New Zealand, but Wellington again misses out on any golden weather.
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.
A plan to bring our national bird back from the brink and super-charge local kiwi conservation efforts is being launched today.
There was nothing unusual about the late-night 5.1 quake that shook Marlborough and the lower North Island on Wednesday, says a scientist.
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