Whanganui MP Chester Borrows has offered the owner of the derelict Patea Hospital $150,000 for the property, but Basil Anderson won't

Central Hawke's Bay College is on lockdown due to the threat of toxic smoke from a fire at the derelict Waipukurau Hospital's nurses' quarters.

After more than a year of paid leave Sonny Tau has returned to his position as chairman of the Ngapuhi runanga despite several calls

The Western Bay District Council has brought in a security firm to patrol camping hotspots such as Waihi Beach and Bowentown's Anzac

A Northland teenager has been jailed for three years after repeated ram raids on a sportswear shop caused its owners massive financial

Residents tell of fear after eight water eruptions of up to 30m on the lake this morning - the first geothermal activity in the area for about 15 years.

The six people involved in a serious head-on crash near Whakapara were "very lucky" to escape with their lives, a police officer said. Russell

The couple who bought a luxurious Mount Maunganui property for $5.7 million paid Tauranga's top residential sale for 2016.

Tongan cousins Alipate "Pate" Manumu'a and Sunia "Junior" Ungo'unga died in the charter boat tragedy.

Sticky, humid weather awaits the country this summer as a weak La Nina brings muggy weather particularly in northern areas.

Freedom camping in non self-contained vehicles could be banned across Napier. This was one suggestion Napier City councillors made

Northland is going through an amazing Lotto winning streak with more than $8.6 million in First and Second Division prizes won in

A Northland businessman wants benefit payments given to a man convicted of ram raiding his business causing more than $25,000 damage

A jury will today resume considering a verdict in the trial of a Hawke's Bay Prison inmate charged with causing grievous harm in an

An administrative blunder which has seen every elected member of Whangarei District Council since 1989 sworn in under the wrong wording

Part-time workers, casuals and temps in Wellington are unable to get to their jobs, and have no safety net.

Police are looking to speak to a man who terrified two adolescent girls in Onerahi as he allegedly drove beside them and beckoned

Jerran Puru loves his tan and white pitbull Paco. Despite losing a legal bid to stop the animal being put down for biting a postie

A Ngapuhi elder has put his personal animosity towards the Government aside, saying the Prime Minister should be welcome at next year's

A judge urged a Northlander convicted of manufacturing methamphetamine to make a positive contribution to society upon his release

By Rebecca Malcolmrebecca.malcolm@dailypost.co.nz A whooping cough outbreak has hit Rotorua - with more than 30 cases recorded so

Police are investigating an alleged assault at a popular Whanganui park on Tuesday. The Bason Botanical Gardens on Rapanui Rd near

An accident along Whanganui's Mosston Rd which knocked out power to nearly 200 homes has prompted calls for a speed camera in the

The waterfront farm combines beef and sheep with honey and tourism.

Footpath outside mall closed for building strengthening work.

Temperatures plummeted below freezing the night two men died on a tramp in the Tararua Forest Park.

A super moon, an overly-ambitious attitude and vicious tide at Shipwreck Bay seem to have spelled disaster for a young German couple

Stopping the flow of pollutants into urban Whangarei's 6000 stormwater traps and planting trees along the waterways could all help

Freight destined for Wellington's CentrePort was quickly diverted to Napier Port after the Kaikoura earthquake.

Four sheep dead, at least 14 more badly mauled and at least one of the dogs responsible dead. It was a weekend of death near Dargaville