A toddler who drowned in a pond on a rural property near Otaki was the son of a former Central Pulse netball player.

The Otaki community has shown their solidarity and rallied together to help raise funds for 16-year-old cancer battler Rena Sciascia.

A 17 year-old accused of a vicious attack on an elderly Waikanae couple will spent the festive season in custody.

A 17-year-old youth made a brief appearance in court today over an attack on an elderly Waikanae couple last week.

A house fire at a property in Otaki was deliberately lit while the occupants were away on holiday, police say.

Malaysia Airlines crash victim Rob Ayley has finally made it home to New Zealand after his flight was shot down over the Ukraine two months ago.

Department of Conservation staff are trying to work out how an endangered South Island kiwi came to be found dead in a North Island town.

A 16km expressway north of Wellington has had resource consent granted by a Board of Inquiry.

Two pitbull terrier cross dogs involved in a vicious attack on two Otaki women are to be destroyed.

A 19-month-old girl has suffered deep bites to her face and other head injuries in an attack by a dog, believed to belong to her family.

Police have been cleared over the shooting of a man who barricaded himself in a wardrobe with a loaded rifle during a tense stand-off last year.

A masked man fired a shot into a security door before holding up a bank in Otaki, north of Wellington, this morning.