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

A Northland man has been charged with lighting 10 fires in the Kaipara area that have destroyed areas of conservation land and a forest

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.

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.

The National Park fire chief has described the scene of this morning's Tongariro National Park bus crash.

Multiple severe weather warnings and watches were issued yesterday as a cold front looks set to put a dampener on summer.

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.