A Wanganui woman found the greenstone necklace found on the shore of Lake Taupo

A child recovery specialist arrives in New Zealand today to start sniffing around for clues as to the whereabouts of missing 6-year-old Que Langdon.

A Mexican restaurant in Hamilton's CBD has been damaged by fire early today.

Police renew focus on Pine Beach camp in hunt for evidence

An Australian child recovery specialist has delayed his trip to New Zealand by a day as transtasman authorities discuss who should

EXCLUSIVE: Family members recall how Leotisia Malakai - the third victim of a horrific bus crash near Gisborne - slipped into a coma and never woke up.

Emergency services are attending a three-car pile-up on SH1 in the Manawatu District this afternoon.

A Waikato man says he can still hear a mother's "blood-curdling screams" as she arrived to the scene of a horrific crash which left her children fighting for their lives.

Police are looking for an armed man who robbed a Ngaruawahia dairy today.

As most Kiwis were partying to see the new year in, others were being born.

Two young boys and a teenager are in a critical condition after a collision between a car and a campervan on Morrinsville-Tahuna Rd in Waikato.

A spectacular fireworks display off Auckland's Sky Tower and parties around the country herald the start of a new year.

Police are continuing their search along the river bank of the Waikato River with a focus on the camp site confirmed as belonging

Missing yachtie likely to be sailing his tiny catamaran to Australia, where he has disappeared with his 6-year-old daughter Que previously, according to an expert.

Tama Retimana, whose body was found floating in the Waikato River two days after Christmas, was a father-of-two and had a partner.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman armed with a knife robbed a store.

Police have concerns for Alan Langdon, 49, and his daughter Que who left Kawhia Harbour in the Waikato bound for Bay of Islands on December 17.

Three people nearly drowned at a Raglan beach this evening.

The inhabitants of a house that caught fire today escaped without injury.

Workmate applies tourniquet to man's injured hand.

A weak cold front will bring cloud, drizzle and showers to the country over the next few days but should clear in time for New Year celebrations.

The community is rallying to help the family of the little girl who was run over in Te Kauwhata on Boxing Day.

One person has died and another two been badly injured in separate crashes as holiday traffic queues across the North Island.

Alan Langdon, 49, and his daughter, Que, 6, haven't been seen or heard from since they sailed from Kawhia Harbour 11 days ago.

A kayaker out for an evening paddle found a body in the Waikato River this evening.

Occupants in a Morrinsville house managed to flee before their house burned down this afternoon.

Firefighters spent more than an hour battling five small blazes in Taupo which they suspect were deliberately lit.

The disappearance of a father and daughter who set sail in a small catamaran 10 days ago is "very upsetting" for the family's local community.

Police are concerned for the welfare of a 49-year-old man and his daughter who left Kawhia Harbour on a catamaran nine days ago and haven't been seen since.

A 2-year-old girl has died after being hit by a car in a driveway in Te Kauwhata, Waikato.