'I’m on a benefit ... having a spare $50 - it’s pretty hard in this day and age.'

'Well, well, well. I’ll go eat my hat,' the letter's author says. 'You’ve made my year.'

They went out for breakfast, sat in the sun and went home, where he prepared to kill her.

Bars will now have to stop admitting people earlier.

Fines for using mobile phones while driving have soared in the past six months.

Plainclothed police staff with vests on could be seen walking up a rural driveway.

Internal Affairs said it didn't hold the information requested. The Ombudsman said it did.

Five new international acts and 20 Kiwi artists have just been added to the line-up.

Emergency services were called just before 8.20pm.

'I've always just loved creepy things.'

Police were called around 5.20am.

The owner says her dog did not have a history of aggression before the incident.

'It just gets worse.”' the 82-year-old says.

People should check their Lotto tickets as soon as possible.

Ritchie's condition is one in 165 million - he relies on others to survive.

“The candy’s pretty great."

Labour weekend the start of “key” six-month visitor season.

She speaks about how surgery has changed her life and her plans for next year.

"They sliced it open … [and saw] it had all these fresh ingredients"

"It is a wonderful marker to celebrate our reo and how proud I am to be Māori.”

'The concussion is the worst part. It feels like a drill bit running through my forehead.'

Man, dog and boogie boarder get caught up by fishing line.

The eight-storey timber office building was also issued an $18.9m consent in July.

Businesses 'fuming' as council closes popular parking to create green space.

Police were called about 10.36am.

Day a chance to talk about safety in the neighbourhood.

The plans prompt concerns their ‘ad hoc’ nature could undermine other urban developments.