Tornado killed three people and wrecked houses 69 years ago today.

A recreational boatie has been charged with manslaughter after a man died in 2015.

A further three locations have been confirmed positive with the fungal pest.

Five state school principals have taken top jobs in private schools in the past two years.

A Kiwi who bought a small plant had no idea that it would shoot up overnight.

Three shearers from different corners of the country have smashed a world shearing record - 1611 strongwool ewes between them in just eight hours. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A person's body was found after a fierce house fire in Taranaki last night.

An elderly couple who own a dairy in Waitara were assaulted by three men during an aggravated robbery last night.

The Armed Offenders Squad is at a property in Waitara.

Te Ururoa Flavell was the catalyst for Hone Harawira's sacking from the Maori Party. Chris Barton talks to the hammerhead from Waiariki

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

Today's fatal police shooting near Napier is the seventh in just over a decade, since Waitara man Steven Wallace's death in 2000.

Police have released images of two men suspected of trying to kidnap a 22-year-old community probation worker.

A Waitara teenager died in New Plymouth Hospital early this morning after being struck by a van.