Waitangi Day will be another cracker for most of New Zealand, but Wellington again misses out on any golden weather.

The sun has come out to play and is here to stay, with a scorcher of a long weekend across the country.

A couple who survived the 1997 Raurimu massacre have opened up for the first time in two decades about the terrifying experience and the impact it has had on their lives.

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

Road remains closed after Karapiro crash that killed two.

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.

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

A 20-year-old student from Rotorua has come up with a novel way to get from Cape Reinga to Bluff.

A dog couldn't do it, neither could an extensive search, but a tin of tuna has caught a cat that was loose on a Bay of Islands wildlife

Police said injured woman was pinned for "a few seconds'' by a car driven by a 40-year-old man trying to angle park.

International scientists have claimed the 7.8 Kaikoura quake has raised the potential threat of another large NZ event - but a Kiwi scientist says that's unlikely.

Kaikoura quake damage to businesses has topped $900 million, according to insurance figures.

The truck fire blocking part of SH1 south of Warkworth has been cleared, but traffic is still heavy.

Tinder dry conditions are thought to have contributed to two large grass fires which ravaged rural areas of Hawke's Bay yesterday

While the eastern region swelters in one of the most rain-deprived Januaries in more than a century, some western areas have been drenched.

A project to bring more Coromandel brown kiwi to Motutapu Island is among nine Auckland community-led conservation projects awarded funding.

The body of a man who was found at Paekakariki rocks on the Kapiti Coast on Saturday was the second of two men who drowned after a boat capsized last week.

A couple has had to move to a motel at public expense after their home was "destroyed" by armed police hunting a wanted man in Napier.

The search for a missing young Auckland woman is now focused on an area of forest near Muriwai Beach.

Toys, food, vouchers and newly-knitted blankets are just some of the items that have been donated to help a family of six who lost

Holiday traffic is set to build from 9am as Aucklanders make a break for the regions.

What's in store weatherwise for the upcoming long weekend?

The man accused of driving the car that smashed into a bench seat in Kaitaia's main street on January 12, killing 54-year-old Edward

Some frustrated beekeepers have now declared our dismal summer the worst in two decades for honey-making - but it's still too early to say whether consumers will also feel a sting.