Police are looking for an armed man who robbed a Ngaruawahia dairy today.

Scientists are seeking to solve one of the most intriguing mysteries of the disease that's killing our kauri - why it's attracted to the native tree's scent like we're drawn to coffee.

Children were among a group of people who found a woman's body washed up on a beach in Napier yesterday.

Kevin Charles Stewart, 55, has not been seen since leaving his cabin at Whangarei caravan park on December 7.

Bay of Islands the place to be for summer sun today

Lynn Paterson has been paddling for 130 days around the coast of New Zealand.

A Northland couple who won $5.3 million on Lotto and Powerball have spoken about their plans for their win.

A fire that came within a metre of a ute and a few metres of a Kerikeri home was a blaze waiting to happen, the town's fire chief

The Bay of Islands has come up trumps again in the latest controlled purchase operation, where 16-year-old volunteers attempted to

A new initiative is bringing inmates and their families closer together by teaching fathers how to be fathers.

A weak cold front will bring cloud, drizzle and showers to the country over the next few days but should clear in time for New Year celebrations.

A tiny native frog finally has a safe place to call home after a 20-year conservation battle.

One person has died and another two been badly injured in separate crashes as holiday traffic queues across the North Island.

A Whangarei man has been jailed for exposing himself inside a preschool and outside a primary school before offending again within

Twelve hundred homes could be packed into land originally set aside for sports fields and business developments in Papamoa. The 39

Coastguard New Zealand has alerted boaties in Northland to keep an eye out for a father and daughter sailing to the Bay of Islands

A kayaker out for an evening paddle found a body in the Waikato River this evening.

Motorists heading out of Wellington face a nightmare two-hour gridlock north of the capital.

Bad weather is starting to hit the South Island.

A win in the Supreme Court has paved the way for a Northland homeowner to continue her leaky building case against the Whangarei District

A seabird expert has described the discovery of mutilated flesh-footed shearwaters in sand dunes as "barbaric and completely unacceptable''.

Cyclists will be able to pedal from one coast to the other this summer with the Twin Coast Cycle Trail Pou Herenga Tai all but complete. The

Don't let the morning cloud fool you - it is set to be a fine Boxing Day for New Zealanders, with Central Otago tipped as the best place to be.

Queenstown and Wanaka are expected to be the hottest.

What will start out as a cloudy morning for most of the country should clear as the Christmas day wears on, but the odd shower is in store too.

Keep an eye on traffic conditions as they unfold through the Herald's live blog.

Here is a list of traffic hot spot areas to avoid.

Northland's amazing run of Lotto success has continued with a ticket sold in Wellsford winning $5.3 million on Wednesday. The ticket

Wet weather today will clear throughout the country making way for a mainly fine Christmas weekend.

A group of endangered New Zealand dotterels have begun nesting at a Piha site where the tiny native birds' biggest threat - dogs - are allowed to roam off-leash during the day.