The whole of the country will enjoy warm, even hot, weather this week as a north-easterly blows through.

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.

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

Screaming could be heard while flames and smoke poured out of a Northland home which was severely damaged by fire. Fire crews, ambulance

More than 100 Hawke's Bay claims had been lodged with the EQC after the Kaikoura earthquake.

A Hawke's Bay prison assault which paralysed an inmate was carried out because of a failure to deliver on an arrangement to bring

By Kiri Gillespie A BUZZ: Pak'nSave Papamoa's Gloria Goepel (left) and Sharron Taylor are happy to have sold a $500,000 winning ticket

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 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

The PwC Centre project on Wellington's waterfront came through this week's 7.8 magnitude earthquake unscathed.

A piece of coastal paradise will remain forever in public hands after a 2ha section of beachfront land was bought by the Napier and

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