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.

A foreign rowing official who was caught by police driving over 80 km/h over the speed limit has had the charges dropped.

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.

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.