Eyewitnesses have described seeing armed police swarm a Palmerston North house before holding a gun to a man's head following a gang-related shooting.

Police are investigating after two houses in Palmerston North were shot at last night.

An Eketahuna farmer's wife was seriously injured in a two-car crash yesterday.

Distraught teenagers have linked cyber-bullying to the sudden death of a teenage girl last week.

A truck driver was unaware his moving trailer had been engulfed in flames until he heard a loud explosion and looked in his rear-view mirror.

New Plymouth police are investigating a Christmas Eve armed robbery at a licensed bar.

The Dullsville reputation is busted by a museum with wow factor and a cool city centre.

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.

An armed military man found dead at Linton Camp had recently separated from his partner and mother of his two children.