Wine, food, scenery ... Joelle Thomson samples the more sedate pleasures Taupo offers its visitors.

A former high-profile principal says he will defend dozens of charges against him that include money-laundering, false accounting and fraud.

A man who disturbed burglars was attacked and left with head injuries and an officer injured when he later tried to arrest a suspect.

Canterbury will chase a third straight title while Auckland will ponder the repeat cruelties of the national sport.

Police are treating as suspicious the death of a man who collapsed and suffered a head injury last night in Matamata after reports of an altercation.

There are quite a few things to love about Te Aroha, writes Rachel Grunwell.

Air New Zealand is trying to trace a passenger seen talking on his cellphone during a domestic flight, who allegedly claimed he had been given permission.

Building a home for adults, teens and pre-schoolers was made easy with input from a family architect.

Hamilton's top police officer has labelled a brutal attack on two of his staff this weekend as 'cowardly' and 'unacceptable'.