Police investigating the murder of Upper Hutt woman Lois Tolley say they have spoken to a number of people and made arrests on "unrelated matters".

It will be another good day for going to the beach for much of the north of the country.

A man came close to drowning before being rescued by members of the public in what has been a dramatic day at the country's beaches.

It's set to be a scorcher of a Saturday, with temperatures in some parts of the country expected to hit the high 20s.

A millionaire businessman who won a battle to keep his name secret was so addicted to cocaine he begged his dealer for a small amount to "keep him going".

Northland's amazing Lotto winning run has seen 28 major prizes won in the region in less than four months, including a $5.5 million

Two Northland men who collected excess and undersize scallops in the Bay of Islands then used a false retrospective customary permit

A Hawke's Bay dairy robber and two others were sent to jail yesterday for their roles in the knifepoint robbery of Napier's Westshore

A Northland school teacher has been censured after her conviction for driving with nearly five times the legal alcohol limit and getting

A Whangarei woman whose living room was burgled while her husband dozed on the couch says the crime shows how "brazen and opportunistic"

A store owner has described being held up by three masked robbers wielding a machete and a knife. Napier store owner Kirti Patel

Queues? What queues? Lorna Subritzky goes by rail to enjoy Tongariro National Park and salutes traffic jams as she passes through.

Three men have appeared in court in relation to the largest seizure of illegally gathered mussels in Northland in over a decade. Ministry

A battery-powered hoverboard has been blamed for a fire that damaged a child's bedroom at a house in Kaitaia on Sunday night. A Kaitaia

Northland's canine crimefighters have been given an extra layer of protection against being stabbed or slashed while on the frontline. The

Police are investigating a fire that razed a two-storey building in Kaikohe and threatened to spread to nearby flats. When the Kaikohe

A noisy Che Fu gig may cost a hotel its liquor licence just before Christmas.

A woman in her early 20s drowned and two other young women were hauled from the surf in a dramatic beach rescue at remote Hukatere

More than 40,000 Gisborne residents have been asked to prepare for eight hours without power again this Sunday.

Thirty-seven businesses have been selected to receive financial help after the gastro crisis rocked the village in August. A council

The pilot of the plane which crashed in to high voltage power lines on Monday morning has been described as an aviation enthusiast

Frogs with a taste for the urban lifestyle have moved into a Whangarei city park.

The trial of a teenager charged with the manslaughter of 2-year-old Matiu Wereta in Flaxmere 14 months ago is expected to be held

Whatuwhiwhi man John McMahon is deeply unhappy that the Whatuwhiwhi Top 10 Holiday Park is providing paid camp sites on the Far North

Fireworks are believed to have sparked a blaze which ripped through scrub close to a Northland campground. At its peak about 25 people

The quick response of a lifeguard has been credited with potentially saving the life of a child, believed to be a 3-year-old girl.

The extent of Northland's illegal dumping issue is "coming out of the woodwork", with the discovery of another huge pile of trash

GNS Science says the probability of a big quake has increased following the Kaikoura earthquake.

Toast is on the menu for the Kaushish family's lunch, and there isn't a curry in sight. It's Monday afternoon, and the Bay of Plenty

A shop in Whangarei sold two winning Division One Lotto tickets of $166,667 in Saturday's draw as Northland's amazing run of Lotto