It started as a normal letter to her mum, but a young girl's note soon took a dark turn.

Hundreds of jobs predicted with planned Auckland boat facility

They spent their childhood in Whanganui; now they face life in an Aussie prison

Patea will have to serve at least 30 years and is eligible for parole in May 2048.

Lionel Patea's brutal murder of the Kiwi mother of his child was not his first killing.

Convicted drug smuggler wrote on her incoming passenger card on her return from Bali.

A former Waikato DHB chief executive is wanted in Australia on nepotism charges.

Adrift for days, one sailor became so thirsty he drank his own urine.

It's not hard to see why Bill and Hillary once hung out at this grand Port Douglas resort.

Better testing and information needed on chemical contamination near Ohakea, lawyer says.

Guitarist for rock band The Exponents David Barraclough has died of pancreatic cancer.

Brisbane's early season woes continue following a loss to Melbourne last night.

Fit, toned and high-energy athletes are going for Comm Games gold on and off the field.

Mum of backpacker stabbed to death in Queensland shares gut-wrenching social media post.

Inquest into the tragic deaths of four people at Dreamworld starts today.

Retailers post deals on unsold food, otherwise destined for the bin, just before closing.

Queenslanders are on cyclone watch as storm tracks towards coast.

Some of the Irish tourists accused of scamming Queensland businesses have fled.

Online melanoma questionnaire indicates whether person's risk is higher than average.

Mike Zhao-Beckenridge's mum has broken her silence, saying she believes son is alive.

Belinda Feek gets busy being entertained in Brisbane.

Movie World Gold Coast is a land fit for superheroes, writes Michael Wayne.

A woman in Queensland woke to find an inconceivably horrific sight.

Warnings have been issued in Queensland and NSW as wild weather hits.

Queensland Police say an "enraged" bikie associate with a knife couldn't be stopped

Tim Roxborogh finds more than 80 reasons to have a good morning.

Did Scott Higginbotham deserve to be sent off following this tackle?

Before the start of the NRL trial match between the Tigers and Cowboys, disaster struck

Possible love triangle motive emerges in investigation of grisly woodchipper murder.

Kiwi thief got her sister to try to sell stolen jewellery on Facebook.