A new, more activist Families Commission is emerging with the appointment of league great Ruben Wiki as an "ambassador" against domestic violence.

A former soldier wrestled with a robber for his gun while his wife hit his accomplice with an umbrella during an attempted raid on their dairy.

A teacher aide at a leading Auckland school is charged with impersonating an undercover cop at a massage parlour.

When Albie the cat didn't come home for tea, his owners assumed the two-year-old tabby was busy exploring.

A new marking device that invisibly codes property could see burglars caught blue-handed.

Investigation to follow claims that we are being sold horse meat to eat.

Three boys and their grandparents ran from their burning Mangere East home as flames billowed and smoke blackened the neighbourhood yesterday.