A refugee whose new business was destroyed is back on his feet thanks to community help.

Barks, wagging tails, and a regal llama at the annual blessing of the animals.

Police are appealing for sightings of a missing 51-year-old Kapiti man Jason Jon Penny.

A rush hour crash on a Wellington highway leaves long queues for those heading to work.

Police dog Gaze's foster owner, Graham Eddy, died before he could see the dog graduate.

An injured tramper in her 50s has been winched out of dense bush in the Rimutaka Ranges.

A bus has crashed into a house in the Wellington suburb of Newtown.

Wellington teen ended her life after being cyberbullied and helping prosecute her father.

The Lower Hutt community is rallying around a refugee after his business was vandalised.

Tia the police cat spends most of her shift napping.

One person has been moderately injured in the crash.

Angie Warren-Clark is a seat away from Parliament. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

High-school teachers may lodge an unusual claim for an immediate 5 per cent pay rise.

The tragic story of Passchendaele is on display at the Great War Exhibition.

A Wellington teen was subjected to a barrage of online abuse before ending her life.

A Lower Hutt woman took her life after being told she would prosecuted for benefit fraud.

Rail workers say they are striking over private companies trying to claw back conditions.

Researchers seek causes of decline in teens' risky behaviours

Armed Kiwi ship hunted down fleeing Germans on the high seas

Topshop has closed its doors days early after selling out of stock.

There was an incident with a knife, new babies and shades of Harry Potter for our new MPs.

Almost 50 people felt the shake, which struck north-east of the Gisborne region.

Kereama will be waiting for his bride at 4pm at Brackenridge in Martinborough.

A 90-year-old man suffered moderate injuries in the accident in Petone last night.

Three youths have been taken into custody after a taxi was stolen north of Wellington.

Police Remembrance Day is the most poignant day in the police calendar, Mike Bush said.

Man on a 'concerning trajectory' towards serious sexual offending.

Patches of showers and rain will reach all parts of the country this weekend.

A truck's windscreen was smashed when someone threw rocks off an overpass.

The raid on Head Hunter boss Wayne Doyle is the latest battle in a "targeted" police war.