Police investigating the brutal sexual assault of a woman by four men in Tokoroa last weekend have not yet made any arrests.

Police are praising Hamilton Girls' High School's emergency procedures after a girl threatened other students with a knife late this morning.

Six-time world champion Sebastien Loeb continued his spectacular charge up the Rally New Zealand leaderboard today.

Police are confident a man who leapt into the Waikato River in Cambridge after failing to stop his car last night has made it ashore.

Susan Buckland indulges in some fine food and wine at a stunning sculpture garden near Taupo.

A married pharmacist faces a fine and could be struck off for sending inappropriate text messages to the three hairdressers.

A Chinese gymnast, now living in Huntly, has been stripped of an Olympic bronze medal for being too young during the Sydney 2000 Olympics.

Weather analyst Philip Duncan can't believe Aucklanders are being asked to conserve water.