A passenger has described the dramatic scenes when a bomb threat was made against a plane from Palmerston North to Christchurch this afternoon.

As a high school drop-out and teenage parent, Dunedin 19-year-old Ryan Jones has not followed the most conventional path to politics.

A person is trapped after a three-car crash in Christchurch.

A man who led police on a dangerous 50km rampage through roadblocks, road works, a golf course and private houses has been jailed for three years.

Nestled in berry country, this sunny town is bursting with Edwardian elegance, discovers Elisabeth Easther.

Police took the unusual step of breathalysing a man who was tucked up in his bed at home.

Guy Fawkes can go off with a bang in dry skies tomorrow. Despite a showery start to the weekend for the whole country, the weather

Fifteen-year-old John did what he says he has done many times before. He broke into a car and stole it. He explains why.

From next year, all Selwyn House School pupils from the pre-school to Year 8 will be taught mechatronics.

A blaze which killed a man at a block of flats in Invercargill does not appear to be suspicious, a Fire Service authority says.

The United States and Canada were New Zealand's biggest foreign investors over the last three years.

A Kiwi flight attendant has been injured after a severe bout of turbulence on an Air New Zealand plane.

Thirty patients suffered partial sight loss because of eye clinic delays at two hospitals

Anna Harrison embarks on four days of cycling to explore the rugged West Coast.

A man's been admitted to Christchurch Hospital with a gunshot wound.

It was a wild day of weather for the upper North Island yesterday, but what will today bring?

It's been a disappointing season for sheep farmers but shareholders in Alliance Group - the country's biggest sheep meat processor - to look forward to.

25-year-old Adam Kearns is the son of Helen Milner, who is serving a life sentence for the murder of her husband in 2009.

Thunder storms dropping hail up to the size of 20c coins are hammering parts of Auckland.

A man has been injured after the chopper he was in crashed outside Wanaka.

Bids for a yellow Mini for sale on TradeMe which stars in a remake of the classic Kiwi film Goodbye Pork Pie have reached nearly $25,000.

A pair of best friends who split at $12.3 million Big Wednesday win last year have some advice for tonight's potential jackpot winner.

An unseasonable cold snap will be felt in much of the country over the weekend as a front moves over the North Island.

The incident in January was investigated, but in September police said no charges would be laid against the officers as there was "insufficient evidence".

Meridian chief executive Mark Binns says he wants to see the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter stay, "but not at any cost".

Elisabeth Easther dives into the history of the Marlborough Sounds' best kept secret.

A group of schoolchildren made a lucky escape before their school bus was completely gutted by fire in Nelson this afternoon.

An investigator has been called in to determine if a house fire in Southland is suspicious.

Neighbours of a 66-year-old man found dead at a Brockville house say he was a hardworking man who always seemed to have a smile on his face.

An elderly whitebaiter was seriously injured when he fell into the Taieri River south of Dunedin this morning.