The name of the four-month-old Wairoa boy who died in Starship Hospital overnight on Friday has been released by police.

Police investigating the death of a Wairoa baby hope to release the four-month-old's body to his grieving family today.

The baby boy seriously injured in an incident at a Wairoa house a week ago died overnight at Starship Children's Hospital in Auckland.

A 4-month-old is fighting for his life after he was injured at a Wairoa home over the weekend, but police say they still do not have a clear picture of what happened.

More than 20 sheep were killed after a car ploughed into a stray flock northeast of Wairoa.

Two cousins involved in shooting a rival gang member at point-blank range in Wairoa have been sentenced to 12 years in jail.

Tame Iti and his colleagues weren't the only ones on trial for the past five weeks. The terrorism claims in the still-unresolved Urewera case have revealed deep divisions over Maori and Pakeha

A man dropped a bag of methamphetamine from his underwear while voluntarily stripping in police...

The Easter holiday road toll stands at five after a single-vehicle crash in Taranaki last night.

The Easter holiday road toll now stands at three after a 19-year-old man was killed in a crash in Otago this morning. The two occupants had to be cut from the vehicle and one man died at the scene.