Residents in parts of the country have been warned to brace for widespread flooding, slips and fast-rising rivers as the mid-week weather system hits.

A Far North businessman faces an anxious wait to hear whether he may be prosecuted for removing sand from a picturesque beach. The

Police are once again urging drivers to buckle up after a crash in which a young woman was thrown through a car window after failing

Sprinklers, unattended hoses and automatic irrigation systems have been banned on all properties connected to Far North District Council

Residents in parts of the country have been warned to brace for widespread flooding, slips and fast-rising rivers as a power-packed, mid-week weather system hits.

Horiana Rophia is crushed someone has entered her new rental home in Dannevirke and stolen the food from her cupboards, most intended

Priti Patel and husband Hitesh were pretty excited when they discovered they'd sold a winning First Division Lotto ticket - but it's

Weather forecasters predicted it would be a sizzling Sunday afternoon in Northland and they were right, with the mercury hitting

Most of those injured in yesterday's Tongariro National Park bus crash have been discharged from hospital, tour boss says.

A stretch of Northland's east coast is out of bounds for gathering or eating shellfish due to dangerous levels of toxins found in samples.

Two members of a Whangarei 'cannabis club' facing drugs charges will have to convince a District Court judge next week to release

Billy Turner waited until after he'd been for a 20-minute swim with a 2.7m shark at Pauanui to tell his mother what he'd done.

Northland's reputation as the winterless North looks set to remain with the region the hottest in the country last year, for the fifth

A 22-year-old Whangarei man will appear in court in relation to an assault that has left another man fighting for his life in hospital.

A Ngapuhi kaumatua says the Prime Minister should not "run away" from Waitangi Day commemorations.

A Kaitaia couple will be forever grateful that their two-year-old daughter did not lose her life when she fell into an adult public pool.

When Alan Taikato heads into Waihi tomorrow Wednesday to pay his bills and do his weekly shopping, he'll be riding a new electric

Police have confirmed Savey Kevin Sous sustained two bullet wounds in armed callout in Whanganui on Friday.

A car being torched is thought to have caused a blaze firefighters spent all night bringing under control at Pipiwai and which forced a family to flee their home.

A child recovery expert is notifying coastal areas in Australia to be on the look out for missing yachtie Alan Langdon and daughter Que.

Dr Brett Mullan of the National Institute of Water and Atmosphere (NIWA) explains our holiday season weather and warming world.

Firefighters are pleading with people in the top half of the North Island to get a permit before lighting fires outside.

Hundreds of people have reported being shaken awake this morning in Bay of Plenty.

A trio of trees have toppled power lines and led to a Porirua road being closed as repair crew arrive to clear the scene.

Alan Langdon was open about his quest to flee Kawhia so that he couldn't be found - but he didn't mention 6-year-old daughter, Que, in his plans.

The entire Far North was without power for more than 12 hours after insulators on three pylons were shot out. Police have now arrested a man.

The Auckland man had been crab fishing with a line when he got in to trouble after 3pm.

Youths who used a stolen car in a ram-raid at a Hokianga grocery store fled empty-handed and crashed after the shop owner gave chase. Senior

The last weekend of holidays for most is shaping up as a mixed bag of fine spells and patchy showers as a front moves across the country.

A tramper has been rescued from the Tararuas after spending the night injured.