Taku Manawa Kara was helping her mother move house when the car she was driving left the road, killing her in a crash.

A 33-year-old Whangarei man described as a "menace on the roads" has been jailed for four months and banned from driving for a year

A reward of $5000 is being offered as part of a quest to find a painted mural that went missing from the Wairoa Centennial Library

Police are looking for a teenager who failed to return home to Te Awamutu after spending the afternoon in Hamilton.

Armed police and negotiators have swooped on a Palmerston North property after a person fire an air rifle from a house.

About 30 Norfolk pine trees planted along Whanganui's Seafront Road reserve last week have been dug up and relocated after vandals

A former Taranaki business association treasurer has pleaded guilty to taking $25,000 in cheques for personal use. A plea of guilty

Float the idea of a dip in Whangarei's Town Basin and most people will respond with some variation of "ew .... bad idea". But that's

An asteroid discovered by a former Whanganui woman now has an official name. Jennie McCormick, born and educated in Whanganui, made

A Taradale businessman has been sentenced to nine months' home detention for multiple tax evasion offences, despite having reimbursed

Vicky Johnson counted her lucky stars when a large tree fell just five minutes after she biked past late Saturday night. Ms Johnson

The top of the country is set to be lashed by thunderstorms, strong winds and hail today as a fierce front batters the island.

Squally thunderstorms and heavy rain are forecast to hit the North Island overnight, with a severe weather watch in place.

A Massey University lecturer has been sentenced on a charge of dangerous driving causing injury.

Atrial fibrillation is one of New Zealand's fastest growing forms of heart disease. It is a type of irregular heart rhythm that causes

A Hamilton designer has been awarded two 2016 National ADNZ Resene Architectural Design Awards, announced at an award ceremony in

A coroner has heard that the father of a woman involved in a car crash, which killed a Napier kindergarten teacher, made a 111 call because she was suicidal.

Hamilton City Council is offering a rare chance to see how the city treats the millions of litres of wastewater which flows from the

Not wanting to bother people with his problems Paul Keesing would take pain relief - this is what led to his death as he spoke out too late.

Relief could be on the way.

From her kitchen window, a witness at the High Court in Whanganui told the jury yesterday she saw Craig Rippon attacked "with rage

Two women have died in separate Hawke's Bay crashes just hours apart.

A 16-year-old male was arrested in central Whangarei after he smashed the front window of a central city clothing business. Senior

Digging up the body of a young Christchurch father five years after his death would be a "significant breach" of Maori custom, a court

About 30 police and Far North search and rescue volunteers and helicopter support scoured a Northland bush track for a missing tramper

It was a wild day of weather for the upper North Island yesterday, but what will today bring?

Thunder storms dropping hail up to the size of 20c coins are hammering parts of Auckland.

A young man with multiple convictions for failing to stop has admitted leading Whangarei police on a pursuit and reaching speeds of

A local businessman said his wife heard a "crack".

Four trucks had been sent to fire in Hikurangi this afternoon.