"He was away from home, it seems he was bringing home to him, and his guardians too."

About 18,000 people gathered at the Auckland War Memorial Museum for the dawn service.

A car hit a power pole and caught on fire in Ngongotaha, 381 customers lose power.

Renowned kapa haka performer Talei Morrison plans to eradicate the disease from her body.

Neighbours saw huge flames from a garage fire in Ngongotaha.

A teen trout poacher has been fined $700 for stealing fish from the trout hatchery.

Health Minister reassures mayors on central North Island rescue helicopter services.

A man has appeared in court charged with the death of Aleshia McGrath last year.

A teen charged with interfering with a dead body is on the road to be conviction-free.

It's a job applicant's market, as businesses struggle to find quality staff.

Hundreds intrigued by rocks, crystals, gems - and how club members use them.

Readers have their say on synthetic drugs and Israel Folau.

Whakarewarewa, Rotoiti and Ngongotaha picked up valuable wins at the weekend.

Attendees learned waiata, karakia, whakapapa and te reo at the weekend course.

Rotorua came together for a meeting about proposed changes to the air ambulance service.

On Friday morning he was fine, by the afternoon he was in hospital, by Sunday he had died.

The rent Phiona Parkinson has to pay has almost doubled - and it has taken a toll.

Mayor hopes to hear community's views

"All I really remember is the woman saying 'It's okay, we are doctors'."

Youth Court education officers cut youth reoffending by almost three-quarters.

Police are seeking any information regarding the theft of two waka ama canoes.

The markets cost a combined $261,690 per year to run, but only make a combined $138,000.

MP Simeon Brown is hoping to change the sentencing for manufacturing synthetic drugs.

Rotorua tattooist Jamie Dean Keremete has been jailed for 13 and a half years.

Public meeting on Saturday to discuss proposals to cut Rotorua rescue helicopter.

New Zealand can extract gas for decades, and electricity review should help Ruapehu people

In New Zealand's worst year for polio fatalities, 173 people died.

The Greenlea Rescue Helicopter will be the recipient of a Turangi business' fundraising.

Winston Peters' right-hand man looking to get a taste of Whanganui

A protest against cutting Taupo's Greenlea rescue helicopter attracted 1200 people.