Looking as nimble as his fresh-faced ten-piece band, Tom Jones shimmied about the stage, throwing in some cheeky pelvic thrusts and Welsh quips along the way.

A man who deliberately crashed into a car killing the female driver has been jailed for at least 14 years.

Health officials are being accused of racism for deciding to transfer a mental health contract for Pacific people from Mangere's bankrupt Pacificare Trust to a mainstream agency.

Pauly Fuemana's friends and family have farewelled the south Auckland musical legend who sang NZ's biggest global hit.

Liquor store owner Navtej Singh was shot in a calm and deliberate way after six men ran out of booze and decided to rob the shop, the High Court hears.

The identity of the man accused of trying to murder a policeman, hit four times in a hail of gunfire, remains suppressed.

The trial of seven people in connection with the murder of South Auckland liquor store owner Navtej Singh in June 2008 began today.

Organisations discussing how 'social policy forum' will work best.

The first train from Auckland's Waitemata harbour port to the Wiri inland port in South Auckland will roll across the newly completed $9 million rail link tomorrow.

Rain eased in Gisborne overnight and surrounding roads reopened after flooding and slips caused evacuations.

Two women were car-jacked at gunpoint while sitting in a McDonalds carpark in the early hours of this morning.

Stripping minister Anne Tolley of part of her education portfolio was not a reflection on her capability, Prime Minister John Key said today.