We came here because we were staying in nearby Maraetai Beach and a friend's mother had recommended this rural cafe.

Silver Fern Temepara George stars as the Grand Marshal of the Farmers' Santa Parade this Sunday, leading more than 4000 participants and 280 fantastic floats through Auckland's CBD.

Bruce Emery will walk free next month after less than two years in jail for fatally stabbing a teen.

A 24-year-old man has been arrested over the death of an elderly Wanganui woman in a hit-and-run yesterday.

A 5-year-old boy was in a serious condition last night after he was hit by a car outside a kindergarten centre in South Auckland.

Road workers were shocked when they saw children playing on a motorway overpass in South Auckland last Thursday.

Police are trying to track down the family of a two-year-old girl found outside an Auckland restaurant on Saturday.

The slain Kahui twins' grandfather today admitted lying to police to protect his son Chris, an inquest into the twins' deaths has heard.

The Kahui twins' grandfather drove 50km to search for their mum when baby Cru stopped breathing, instead of taking him 4km to hospital, an inquest hears.

A driver accused of deliberately swerving into a woman's oncoming car has been cleared of her murder. Faaotaota Faaotaota was instead convicted of manslaughter, a charge he had admitted.

Two men who escaped from the Manukau District Court about 10am yesterday are dangerous and not to be approached by members of the public, police say.