A police spokesperson said "early indications were hypothermia" in relation to the two deaths, but that had not been confirmed.

Campaigners pushing for a cleanup of Hatea River collected more than 170 signatures at the first "Take the Plunge" event on the Canopy

New Air New Zealand flight times are having an impact on health services and could see Northlanders who are waiting for specialist

A Northland hotel owner has had his bar manager's certificate cancelled after drinking while on duty and a customer was seriously assaulted and knocked unconscious.

Envelopes containing cash for the happy newly-weds were stolen during the celebration - and an uninvited guest is believed to be the thief.

A Domino's Pizza employee had a knife pulled on him and three pizzas stolen when he was delivering pizza to a commercial area in Whangarei. Senior

Marton woman Marie Stantiall was surprised to learn that the skin discolouration on her leg was a melamoma in need of urgent attention. Mrs

A 27 truck military convoy battled poor weather and the threat of more landslides to deliver 8860ltrs of fuel and 10,000ltrs of water to Kaikoura today.

The $5.5m winning Powerball ticket sold at a Whangarei store has been claimed. Wednesday's winning ticket, which was made up of $5

A mother whose 3-year-old son was left unattended in a van outside a Whanganui kohanga reo says she has not been heard in the complaints process which followed.

JS171116NADLOTTO045.JPGSunnyside Foodmarket owners Ketan and Sejai Patel were excited after selling the $5.5m winning Lotto ticket

Three teenagers are to appear in Youth Court after a string of incidents sparked by one of them being stood down from school.

Veterans of two Hawke's Bay gangs will bike alongside each other in the fight against domestic violence in the White Ribbon Ride which

A Fonterra milk tanker driver was uninjured when his truck and trailer crashed off the road near Woodville this morning. The tanker

For Hawke's Bay architect Graham Linwood and designer Jacob Scott there was a slightly bittersweet touch to receiving Presidents Awards

The capital is coming to terms with the financial impact of the week's devastating earthquakes.

A lucky Whangarei Lotto player is $5.5million richer after winning Lotto's Powerball First Division last night. The winning ticket

It took Northland rescue teams four hours in darkness to stretcher an injured foreign tramper off a rugged section of the Te Araroa Trail.

A Kaitaia man who allegedly led police on a 55km chase, in which beer bottles were thrown from the car at the pursuing patrol car

Measures to preserve the natural environment on East Clive beach are being applauded by the community. Yesterday the Hawke's Bay

Fears today's storm will hamper clean-up efforts in regions devastated by this week's earthquake.

The jury returned its verdicts yesterday in the trial of two men accused of murdering Craig Rippon. In the High Court at Whanganui

A motorcyclist is in a critical condition after colliding with a car just north of Te Aroha this afternoon.

KiwiRail is reportedly looking into whether it can ferry people and freight from Wellington to Lyttelton.

Wellington retailers are likely to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in the wake of the earthquakes and terrible weather.

Quake-ravaged regions are bracing for a fresh weather onslaught with heavy rain and bitterly cold gales set to batter central New Zealand in the next 48 hours.

A Hastings lawyer has been charged with stealing almost $80,000 of client funds.

An irate Whangarei businessman fed up with repeated break-ins at his mechanical workshop is planning a sleepover on site to catch

A woman was freed after the car she was in plunged 35m into a river on State Highway 5 yesterday afternoon. Fire fighters had to

Civil Defence said the national support effort will continue tomorrow following Monday morning's 7.5 magnitude earthquake near Kaikoura.