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 five-year-old boy hit by a car outside a South Auckland pre-school has been discharged from hospital.

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.

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.

The father of a schoolgirl sent to South Africa after she was bullied at Howick College says the school is in denial if it thinks hers is an isolated case.