The area suffered severe flooding in July last year.

Violent attack at New Plymouth bar shows the "danger of alcohol and youth", judge says.

Nurse buys petrol for private car on company credit card.

'Your behaviour was disgraceful,' judge tells Uber driver who groped two passengers.

She won't have an ankle bracelet, but she has strict bail conditions.

Sobbing professor escapes conviction for sending sexually explicit material to "minor".

I wish I had told my mum how much I loved her before she had passed.

Intensive supervision ordered for man with history of committing indecent acts.

The man drank three bottles of wine before driving to a police patrol car.

Whanganui lawyer Mark Bullock remains in ICU in Wellington Hospital after being attacked.

The 26-year-old woman made a brief appearance in court this morning.

A woman accused of beating her two-year-old to death will be extradited to Australia.

Victims and defendants are suffering the consequences of delays in mental health reports.

Man's childhood thefts of food and groceries escalated to aggravated robberies.

Sibling who took his brothers to court says he didn't think he would lose.

Mere Montgomery nee Meanata shares poems she wrote about her dad and his every day war,

If its assumption was correct, Edubase would have gotten at least triple the normal rate.

Child sex offender Shane Doull's claims of remorse did not sway a judge, who jailed him.

The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples moves a step closer to law.

Scott Dickson says he has no idea how the elevated levels ended up in his horse's system.

"If you do it yourself, this is where you'll end up" says judge in cannabis-growing case.

Northland council gets tough on rule-breaking boaties.

Fabian Phillips died of surgery complications seven months after the accident.

David Tua has taken on the planet's baddest men ... but says being inducted is scarier.

Worker who disclosed debilitating migraines to employer awarded $17,000 after losing job.

Northland man Jay Maui Wallace says he is not answerable to the State or its courts.

Smiths City salesman circumvented staff purchasing policy to buy flooring and on-sell.

Family ties unravelled by brothers' dispute over bach built by a labour of love.

Baby received treatment after nearly suffocating when mum fell asleep on top of him.

The carpet was so soiled by excrement it had to be removed, revealing the rotten floor.