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Traffic set to snarl as exodus continues
Holiday traffic is set to build from 9am as Aucklanders make a break for the regions.
Holiday traffic is set to build from 9am as Aucklanders make a break for the regions.
A huge fire that consumed an Upper Hutt commercial building tonight has been brought under control.
Wellington's Mayor feared he was about to die in the moments before his car collided with a truck.
Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy is calling for police to record hate crime statistics to combat racism.
What's in store weatherwise for the upcoming long weekend?
Little Oscar Cakebread had a rough start to life, but the future's looking a whole lot brighter thanks, in part, to the efforts of three young sailors.
Five homicides within 15 months involving acutely unwell mental health patients have led to an overhaul of health systems following a critical review.
Some of areas of Upper Hutt received up to 20 millimetres of rain in minutes during last night's heavy downpour, according to MetService.
A rescue helicopter had to winch a woman off a cruise ship in the Cook Strait shortly after midnight today. Life Flight Westpac Rescue
Woman had to be winched off ship in the Cook Strait by rescue helicopter.
Missing man was "always pushing the limits", says shocked friend.
The family of a man missing at sea after the inflatable boat he was on capsized, say they are in limbo as they wait - and hope - to get him back.
A 53-year-old man has been arrested after several cars parked near Wellington Airport had their tyres punctured or slashed in recent months in an ongoing feud over parking.
Police are hunting for a man with a distinctive scar on his face who they want to talk to about burglaries in Wellington.
Female teacher before tribunal on charges of forming inappropriate relationships with a male and at least one female students.
Wheelchair-bound woman only wanted to sit at front of concert, say organisers.
The search for a missing boatie on the Kapiti Coast has been suspended.
Police have closed a section of Vivian St in Wellington after a piece of glass fell from a building and landed on a parked car.
The November earthquake was the likely cause of a leak affecting the main water supply pipe to Wellington City.
Police are investigating allegations of an elaborate online car sales scam.
Rugby fans could face accommodation and transport nightmares for the British and Irish Lions' tour of New Zealand.
Police probing the murder Lois Tolley have identified the owner of a white ute as part of their ongoing investigation.
Kiwi women will take to the streets today, to add their voices to international calls for Donald Trump to stop the hate his election campaign sparked.
Nearly 5000 people are now in the queue for social housing across the country.
Police are looking for people to identify the owners of clothing and a ute in the case of murdered Upper Hutt woman Lois Tolley.
Metservice says heavy rain and gales have eased as temperatures were set to take a wintry turn across the country.
The summer "bomb low" is expected to continue to bring wild weather to the country today.
Two people in a car which was shielding a longboarder from traffic before fatally hitting him were sentenced today.
Readers have responded to controversial remarks by businessman Sir Bob Jones whose comments included that beggars were "fat Maoris" and a "bloody disgrace".