Driver thankful for intervention by schoolchildren.

Tetrodotoxin found in the dead dogs' vomit and in a sea slug sample taken from Narrow Neck Beach.

Habit of sleeping under a pillow saved 4-year-old when stolen car ploughed into his bedroom.

Prime Minister John Key says he had assumed access to parliamentary perks for former MP Taito Phillip Field would be nullified after his conviction.

Former MP Taito Phillip Field is still entitled to travel perks despite being convicted of bribery and corruption.

The man behind an alleged scam that charged people hundreds of dollars for passport stamps faces 36 more charges.

One man was killed and another critically injured after their cars collided head-on on a bend south of Auckland.

In 1994 Taito Phillip Field became the first Pacific Islander to be elected to Parliament. Fifteen years later he is facing prison.

Health authorities have issued an alert for all eastern Auckland and Hauraki Gulf beaches after two dogs died and others fell sick.

Taito Phillip Field's stepdaughter says she feels anger towards the Thai people her family helped and accuses Labour of orchestrating a conspiracy.