A police search and rescue team looking for missing Pahiatua man John Campbell have found a body. Mr Campbell, 64, was last seen leaving his Pahiatua home, in the Tararua district, for work at 6.45am yesterday.

Fire crews battling a scrub fire have evacuated residents at Mangatoetoe.

A coroner has called for the Government to immediately investigate making the wearing of helmets compulsory and tightening other safety regulations.

Electricity has been restored to the 5500 Wairarapa households that suffered power cuts after strong winds snapped power poles yesterday.

One of the winners of New Zealand's largest ever lottery prize has died.

A former Marist teaching brother was today found guilty of 11 historic sex offences by a jury in the High Court at Wellington.