As an elderly woman was giving $2 to a young man, he grabbed her wallet, leaving her hand bruised as he ran off.

It will be a wet start to the week for the top of the North Island and eastern areas today, however, the rest of the country is expected to stay pretty dry.

Police have found a Lower Hutt man who went missing earlier today.

He started as an outside chance, but Neil Holdom's strong campaign won him the New Plymouth mayoralty by 500 votes. Made with funding from NZ on Air

Sunday brunch has been a shaky affair for those in the East Cape who've been rocked by a "severe" 5.8 magnitude quake this morning.

Full preliminary results for 2016 local body elections for the North Island.

Full preliminary results for 2016 local body elections for the North Island.

Police believe one of the three dead at a property south of Kawhia is wanted man Ross Bremner. The other two were an elderly couple not related to him.

A neighbour said the pair that were found dead "were a bubbly family. They were a sporting family, good at tennis."

A decision by the contactor to accelerate the project means the $13 million makeover of the Makatote rail viaduct will be finished

A decision by the Employment Court that Affco NZ unlawfully locked out seasonal meatworkers has been upheld by the Court of Appeal. The

The unsafe use of vehicles on 90 Mile Beach, particularly at Ahipara, has long been a source of aggravation for many residents, especially

Whether or not the prime minister will be present at next year's annual pre-Waitangi Day powhiri is still up in the air after no decision

A Whangarei supermarket is giving out free coffee to shoppers who bring reusable bags for their groceries.

A growing number of ducks, swans and geese are succumbing to a dining anomaly usually confined to humans seeking an easy snack - junk food.

A Northland man is taking claims that he has consistently been overcharged at Pak 'n Save to the Commerce Commission.

A Huntly resident whose house was hit by a landslide still doesn't know when he can return after the region was hit by a "once in

A council worker and volunteer firefighter who planted fake bombs around Hamilton has been sentenced to two and a half years' jail.

Police are investigating after a young man was found dead in his family's house in Hunua today.

Severe weather warnings issued for the upper North Island as the tail-end of a storm which battered Australia this week gets set to unleash its remaining wrath.

A cowardly attack in Auckland's CBD could have easily left an 18-year-old dead, police say.

More than 4080 people have reported feeling the 4.4 magnitude quake which has hit northwest of Wellington.

This will be a good weekend to check out the museum or cuddle up with a book as heavy showers and thunderstorms are forecast for parts of the country.

Police have charged a 13-year-old and a 14-year-old in relation to an incident at a dairy in Tauranga today.

A timber house on Raurimu Rd in the Central North Island settlement has burned to the ground.

Heavy downpours and thunderstorms are possible today in already saturated areas of the North Island.

A man is in a critical condition in Wellington Hospital's ICU after a stabbing last night.

If there was any doubt Mt Maunganui is a surfer's paradise, one only had to check out the gnarly clouds hanging above it yesterday.

WATCH: Dashcam footage shows a Coromandel road turn into a river after rain lashed much of the country over the weekend closing roads.

Firefighters have been unable to get through a flooded ford to reach cars stranded in Kauaeranga Valley, Thames, leaving the matter in police hands.