A warm, sunny week is expected across the North Island before the weather takes a turn for the worse on Friday.

A woman has died after being hit by a car on the Kapiti Coast.

Scheme offers foreigners free holidays for taking on a series of job interviews.

The weekend will be mainly fine across the country.

It would have to be one of the most thankless jobs, being the headmaster of a boys school.

The Ministry of Education is ruling out any changes to the teaching of sexual consent in schools.

Untreated wastewater, including sewage, has been released on Wellington's south coast.

Autumn's cooler temperatures starting to settle in - but sunshine continues.

The supermarket chain allocated $100,000 to food rescue charities as well as giving one organisation a one off $25,000 donation.

Wellington College has stood down two students for five days and withdrawn privileges.

Lower Hutt's Queensgate Shopping Centre will reopen fully next month while earthquake repairs continue.

A Whitby father is grateful to his neighbours for helping him foil a kidnap bid.

A 44-year-old man is in custody after an item of concern was located in the foyer of Wellington Central Police Station this afternoon.

A Wellington family is thrilled to be reunited with a "priceless" reminder of the war. Last week police put out a public plea to

Father told police a man lunged at him and tried to snatch his 3-year-old daughter.

Scientists describe November jolt as an "incredibly complex earthquake" in which some land was offset by as much as 12 metres.

The power-packed storm meteorologists have dubbed the "Tasman Tempest" dumped more rain on Auckland than typically falls for the whole of March.

Wellington high school students gathered outside Parliament this afternoon to protest against rape culture in secondary schools.

A comment posted online encouraged students to "bring your cars and run them all over"

A member of the public has come forward as the likely owner of an inflatable raft found in the Hutt River.

Central Fire Service shift manager Murray Dunbar said emergency services were notified of a 'refrigerant leak' at the Countdown supermarket this afternoon.

Wellington schoolgirl Thomasin McKenzie, 16, will star in My Abandonment alongside Hollywood actor Ben Foster.

Teenage runaways have some explaining to do today.

A top Auckland boys' school is tackling sticky topics in a healthy relationships programme.

Footage of the assault showed the victim being kicked while lying on the ground.

The five Upper Hutt teenagers had been uncontactable to family members since last night.

Parents of Wellington College pupils received an email addressing comments made online by male students about "taking advantage" of women.

Year 9 students have been suspended from an Upper Hutt school after being caught inappropriately filming female staff.

Elisabeth Easther speaks to Katie Farman, from Destination Wairarapa.

Rape crisis experts are heading into Wellington College to meet with the school's leadership.