Irene Hart says her most painful experience at North Shore Hospital was the disappearance of her late husband's wedding ring while she was undergoing surgery.

Internet fraudsters are using Facebook to steal Kiwis' bank and credit card account numbers and identities.

Heartless thieves have struck a young Christchurch couple and their family.

Police are hunting a man who terrorised an elderly Hamilton couple in their home early this morning.

A man faces four charges after a series of firearm incidents in the King Country over the past three days.

A man has been arrested over a series of firearm incidents in the King Country over the past three days.

A man used his cellphone camera to take a photo of people at the scene of the alleged arson of a 4WD vehicle near Te Puke.

Three patrons wrestled a rifle from a man as he attempted to rob a bar after they realised he had fired his only shot into the ceiling.

Lion Man Craig Busch will not let scammers put him off trying to regain Whangarei's Zion Wildlife Gardens or open another big-cat park.

A looter is being held in custody after admitting breaking into a house damaged in the earthquake.

A man accused of looting a house that had been damaged and left abandoned is concerned about what people are saying about him.

"It was like a giant had picked up our house and was just shaking it, shaking and shaking," said one resident.