Barely a day after the end of a Queen's Birthday weekend with the lowest road toll in 54 years, two people - one a 3-year-old boy - died in separate crashes.

A child has been killed in a bus crash near the Northland town of Kaeo and another person has died after a crash in Canterbury late today.

A small stencil used by Sir Edmund Hillary to mark crates for one of his expeditions is likely to go on show in the Hillary family home.

A bus passenger was taken to hospital after she was hit in the head by an object thrown through the bus window.

Labour and Maori Party strongholds will be hit if prisoners are stopped from voting, a prison reform group says.

Students, office workers and retired people flocked to a South Auckland house to buy cannabis from a mother of five children under seven.

Many young Pacific offenders in South Auckland are "chameleons" who attend church after committing a crime

A 23-year-old man was lucky to escape with his life after a drive-by shooting last night.

A new, more activist Families Commission is emerging with the appointment of league great Ruben Wiki as an "ambassador" against domestic violence.

A toddler and his older brother had a lucky escape after a stolen car crashed through their bedroom wall.