A care worker has been convicted of ripping off a 99-year-old woman for tens of thousands of dollars.

Thousands of fans who took the train to last week's 'family friendly' Rugby World Cup opening celebrations had a horrifying night they would rather forget.

A trio of Napier children are in hospital with injuries including multiple fractures and head trauma after road carnage in the early hours of today. The children were in a stationwagon that hit head-on....

Recap of all the club action action throughout Auckland, Counties Manukau and North Harbour.

On the eve of his latest album release, Kiwi rapper David Dallas is making serious waves in the US hip-hop scene, writes Jacqueline Smith

Act's new parliamentary leader says an image revamp is more than a decade overdue.

A person has escaped injury after being trapped under rubble when high winds ripped off a large section of roof in a South Auckland industrial area.

Neshanderan Rajgopaul, 29, has been found guilty of attempting to murder Constable Jeremy Snow in Papatoetoe in December, 2009.

A jury has retired to consider its verdict in the trial of a man accused of shooting an Auckland police officer.

A man accused of shooting an Auckland police officer admitted he lied to police, a jury was told today.

A man accused of shooting an Auckland police officer was emboldened by the guns he carried and fuelled by drugs, a jury was told today.

A man who denies shooting a police officer was accused of "weaving lies" into his story in the High court at Auckland today.

A man who has denied shooting a police officer told the High Court at Auckland today he was pushed to the ground by the gunman before the shots were fired.

A man who has denied shooting a police officer today admitted in the High Court at Auckland he lied in an interview to protect the gunman.

Witnesses who gave evidence against a man accused of shooting a police officer lied to cover up for what really happened, the High Court in Auckland was told today.

A man denied that he shot a police officer, but refused to name the gunman for fear of his own safety, the High Court has been told.