Two people were injured in a rubbish truck crash in Opotiki this morning.

The Bay of Plenty parents accused of causing the death of their 8-month-old baby boy will defend the allegation at a jury trial.

The Bay man accused of attempting to kill two police officers and also allegedly shot at four others is heading to trial.

State Highway Two between Opotiki and Gisborne is currently closed.

A light plane has crashed in Pukehina, Bay of Plenty. Police said the aircraft hit the ground and rolled.

A crash in practice has put an end to Sarah Walker's hopes of qualifying for the Rio Olympics.

The mother of a 3-year-old boy who died after torturous beatings at the hands of his caregivers has spoken out about her son's death.

Sandra Crashley claims IVF pioneer Patrick Steptoe experimented on her and without consent "took half of my ovaries".

The eruption on the volcanic island appears to have deposited material over north side of the crater floor.

An inquest into the forestry death of 19-year-old Eramiha Pairama has begun at Te Uru Taumatua in Taneatua.

Waikato police are investigating how the caravan 54-year-old Lydia Kiri was travelling in caught fire while driving along State Highway 24 near Te Poi.

A former Whakatane man has died in a motorcycle crash while in the middle of a High Court trial where he faced 49 sex offence charges relating to young girls.

Teen sex is again in the spotlight after a group of boys were spared convictions for sex with underage girls. Some say they should never have been charged.

A judge has described the behaviour of a group of young men who had sex with underage girls as "human nature" and said the law may need to be revisited.

Five men charged with unlawful sexual connection with girls aged between 14 and 15 have been spared convictions.

The man alleged to be at the centre of an armed stand-off with police at Onepu near Kawerau earlier this month has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

In just two weeks Makeda Soper-Wirangi went from working at her local mall to walking in fashion's biggest shows.

Two fire crews were called to the Te Rahu Rd address at Poroporo shortly after midnight.

The kiwi dollar has dropped this morning after Fonterra cut its farmer payout for the second time this year.

Laughton Kora is one of four brothers in the band Kora, he sang on Dotcom's album, acted in Coverband, and this week is in the Auckland Arts Festival

Silver medallist's Olympic campaign has been delivered another devastating setback after training crash results in double fracture.

A fisherman has been flown to Whakatane Hospital after being impaled by a marlin's bill.

An attempt to firebomb Social Development Minister Anne Tolley's office to protest the TPP is likely to result in arrests, she says.

Eight-year-old Felix Swane said he wasn't scared but he was "very, very cold".

Whakatane is gathering around the Taits whose passenger boat went up in flames on Monday afternoon.