Police are investigating how a 12-week-old child from the Auckland suburb of Takanini got facial injuries and ended up in Starship Hospital at the weekend.

A police officer suffered whiplash injuries after his car was rammed from behind when he slowed down for a school bus this morning.

Kiwi rowers will have to fight for their places at the upcoming world championship regatta at Lake Karapiro.

A two-car crash which left five Rotorua Girls' High School students injured today has been "absolutely devastating", principal Annette Joyce says.

An armed gang member is still at large after a fruitless police search in east Hamilton this morning.

A former All Black has lost another round in a legal battle with the SBS Bank over a million dollar debt on a Coromandel property development.

Police say Colin Rangi Robyn Kiriona is dangerous and should not be approached.

Tom Mayo knows all about the importance of timing.

Couples without children are expected to overtake two-parent families as the most common household formation by next year, according to Statistics NZ.

Two teens in hospital with critical injuries after a horror Waikato crash were wearing seatbelts, a relative says. Friends were thrown from the vehicle.

Police say they are "preparing for the worst" after the discovery of a missing woman's car and say her work as an escort may have heightened her chances of coming to harm.