Fewer than 10,000 people turned out to Westpac Stadium yesterday, with only about 1000 left to cheer on New Zealand at the end of the night.

Traffic near the Puhoi tunnel on State Highway 1 is back to normal.

The clampdown on Wellington's Sevens debauchery appears to be successful, with no arrests so far at today's tournament. But attendance

The body was discovered by a member of the public at Paekakariki at about 9.15am.

The woman who died in a two-car crash on a bridge near Eketahuna, north of Masterton has been named as 46-year-old Nicola Dawn Dryden.

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.

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 "chance meeting on a public street" left a Paraparaumu man with 200 stitches after a vicious knife attack, a police officer says. The

The fight for a better summer is going all the way to the Beehive.

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.

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.

The search for a missing boatie in Otaki is based at Te Horo Beach this morning. Two Surf Life Saving boats are combing the waves

The search for second person, who is still missing after an inflatable boat capsized in a river on the Kapiti Coast, will resume this morning.

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.

Rugby fans could face accommodation and transport nightmares for the British and Irish Lions' tour of New Zealand.

Police are investigating allegations of an elaborate online car sales scam.

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.