New Zealand's road to the 2012 London Olympic begins in Adelaide this weekend at the Oceania track championships.

A 24-year-old man has been arrested over the death of an elderly Wanganui woman in a hit-and-run yesterday.

TV3 is taking the BSA to court over a complaint from Social Development Minister Paula Bennett, about a report claiming she offered a beneficiary money to drop a privacy case.

Scientists from New Zealand and the United States plan to map the bottom of Lake Rotomahana in the hope of discovering what happened to the Pink and White Terraces hydrothermal system.

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After mixed fortunes fishing, Kerri Jackson decides River Birches luxury lodge is a better catch.

The inexperience of a teen driver with a new learner's licence was a "massive factor" in a fatal smash, say police.

The owner of a moa skull being auctioned for thousands on Trade Me has been implored to sell or donate it to a museum.

A police officer is to undergo surgery after his patrol car was smashed into - possibly deliberately - by a fleeing driver in Hamilton this afternoon.

Two people were killed and three seriously hurt after a car driven by a 15-year-old on a learner's licence collided with a truck today.

A man has been arrested for a series of sexual assaults on other men.

A father watched helplessly from a boat as his son disappeared under water after briefly surfacing during a diving trip and calling for help.

Clint Rickards has missed out on one of Tainui's top jobs to former public servant Parekawhia McLean, the Herald understands.

Tainui board members are deciding between former Assistant Police Commissioner Clint Rickards or Parekawhia McLean to lead the tribe's administrative arm.