Two Mongrel Mob leaders are being paid by the taxpayers to try to turn the country's gangs away from drugs and crime.

Second-generation Mongrel Mobster Layton Te Nahu is off the drug P and back with his family, thanks to a remarkable New Zealand story that involves the Prime Minister, the Salvation Army and a retired surgeon.

People who were abused in Salvation Army homes as long as 70 years ago say they're still waiting for a public apology.

Auckland church leaders offer their thoughts for this Christmas.

Voluntary work can add to your skills.

Farmers are bracing themselves for another dumping of snow and motorists are being warned to take care as another low moves over NZ.

A band of cold and wet weather is set to cover the country from tomorrow.

This week's snow storm could have killed up to 200 lambs on each Hawkes Bay hill country farm affected, Federated Farmers says.

Police say the Napier-Taupo highway will stay closed until all of the abandoned cars have been removed.

Two major highways may re-open this afternoon after unseasonal heavy snow in the last two days stranded motorists for two nights.

Motorists who spent a freezing night in their snow-trapped cars on the Napier-Taupo Highway are rescued.

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