A fellow officer reported concerns about the violence used at the house party.

The past six months have been the direst on record for the upper North Island.

School told students they couldn't attend a ball until they paid subject fees.

The incident took place in the Hauraki Plains earlier today.

The incident happened on a rural road near Morrinsville.

One person has suffered life-threatening injuries in the Te Aroha crash.

Police want to speak to the driver, passengers or anyone else with relevant information.

An agitated patient broke the guard's nose while trying to leave the hospital.

Police seek information on the whereabouts of missing Waikato man Richard Michael Shaw.

Wellingtonians like to toot while Aucklanders prefer to flash their hazard lights.

A "spike" in vehicle crime is hitting Hamilton's northern suburbs.

One person confirmed dead in Coromandel plane crash

Emergency services were called to a car engulfed in flames.

"They are so much more confident and inspired," tutor says.

New model emits only water and clean air into environment.

Tourists had to clamber out of emergency exit of damaged bus after it was blown off road.

It will be a weekend of two halves for much of the country.

South-westerly winds mean a miserable start to the weekend for many, but change is coming.

One person has died and three others are injured after the incident south of Kawhia.

Two 100km/h speed limits roads have had no fatal crashes in the 18 months since opening.

It's unclear how the people got their injuries or what caused them, police say.

Joy Milmine and her husband will now cut their two-month European holiday short.

Police are investigating the cause of an explosion that put a person in hospital.

Woman was severely beaten with an oxygen cylinder while on duty.

One person is in a serious condition after they were burned in a suspected gas explosion.