When you drive through the Awakino Gorge, you notice the sparkling stream down in the bed of the valley.

Giving up smoking is one of the easiest things a person can do.

Three men have been charged with assault and will appear in court this morning after a man who confronted boy racers on his street was stabbed.

Raglan lifeguards barricaded themselves into their clubhouse for hours while a hysterical man threatened to kill them.

Angela McCarthy finds a company helping women get back to work.

The number of Kiwis using internet dating sites spiked in January, a poll has found.

The rain came down in monsoon strength at the country's biggest Christian music festival yesterday.