Merkins Bah Agu's downfall was a retired American couple caught smuggling 7kg of meth in the linings of their suitcases, a court has

Counties Mankau police are appealing for sightings of a vehicle seen near a fatal crash in Pokeno last weekend.

Officials are yet to release the final road statistics for the weekend, but as the holiday period came to a close at 6am this morning the toll stood at three.

The Labour weekend road toll stands at two today, after a woman critically injured in a Paekakariki crash died in hospital.

The Labour weekend road toll stands at one tonight after an early-morning crash in Auckland today. A motorcyclist was also killed

Traffic is "still really heavy" south of Auckland after a fatal crash on the Southern Motorway overnight and in Wellington a head-on crash has closed SH1.

It is the first death of the Labour Weekend road toll period.

A truck carrying paint thinner, sulphuric acid and other dangerous chemicals, has rolled on State Highway Two.

More than a pit-stop on the way from Auckland to Hamilton, this village is worth a visit in its own right, says Elisabeth Easther.

The wife of a disgraced former National MP attacked a Herald photographer moments before giving herself up for a stint in jail.

A glider pilot killed in an accident south of Auckland yesterday may have hit power lines.