A police dog is undergoing surgery after a man slashed her nose with a knife, before armed officers used a taser to subdue him.

A teenager who had to take control of a truck after a freak incident left the driver, her uncle, mortally injured, has been praised.

Tsunami warnings look to be cancelled as beach-goers who waited all day outside the water start heading home.

Paua fishermen are diving back into the seas and surfers are out to catch waves even as tsunami warnings stay in place.

A truck driver was killed this morning in what police have called a 'freak accident.'

Samoa's Prime Minister says journalists are making up stories of corruption and aid diversion.

A man jailed over the brutal murders of two young women, including the mother of his two children, hung his head as the victims' families vilified him.

A senior policeman stopped for erratic driving was so drunk he had to lean on his car for support, court papers say.

A 28-year-old man has admitted the slaying of two women in the Porirua suburb of Titahi Bay.