Police have shut down several streets in Royal Oak after an armed robbery in the area.

Warkworth resident Bob Scott writes on the planned motorway north of Auckland - the 'Holiday Highway'

Police have named one of two men who died in a horrific crash near Oamaru in north Otago this morning.

A man is dead and another is in a critical condition after a horrific crash north of Palmerston, Otago, this morning.