It'll be a beautiful day in most parts of the North Island today.

The men had a lucky escape after experiencing engine trouble in rough seas.

Travel is safer now, so fewer of us are dying in large-scale disasters, but climate change could reverse the trend.

Being doused in fuel was a "very serious situation" due to its flammability.

Wellington streets that became notorious for tyre slashings, could soon get parking changes.

The news Annette King is quitting politics has been greeted by disappointment from the Rongotai electorate. King is stepping down

The last of the Reading Cinema car park building was brought down on Tuesday.

Airline pilots want to delay a planning hearing regarding extension on Wellington Airport's runway.

Stephen James Smith will be given third shot at freedom.

Court of Appeal rules Wellington Airport safety areas need a second look.

Two US tourists thought they'd found the friendliest country in the world when they got talking to a woman at Wellington Airport - who happened to be Deputy PM.

A taxi driver has been fired after a dashcam caught him pulling a dodgy manoeuvre.

The man fatally shot by police in Porirua on Sunday morning has been named.

The police union is hitting back against suggestions a Taser could have been used instead of a gun.

Wellington's top cop is backing the officer who fatally shot a 44-year-old man.

Police say they responded appropriately to the situation where a Wellington man was shot dead.

For every sanitary product bought by a company, another will be given to a high school for free.

Rider flown to Wellington Hospital after crashing on Karori mountainbiking track

Levin teenager Erin Buckland was stunned to meet and train with her Black Cap heroes in Wellington.

The alleged sexual assault occurred on the footpath outside the Taita shops on High St, police say.

Justin Lester hopes the council can develop affordable homes for first home buyers.

Driver trapped in cab after live wires come down on a truck.

Tisa the giraffe died after complications followed a health check.

Vicki Walsh hasn't allowed her terminal cancer to slow her down.

Jarryd Stoneman and his Kiwi nan Katie Thomas, 94, went viral in March last year when he asked her to dance.

Christopher Neal was last seen in Pahiatua on Monday evening.

Inexperience and a solo ascent contributed to a scuba diver's drowning death.

Today marks the 20th anniversary of one of Wellington Zoo's sun bears being rescued from Cambodia, where he was found chained outside

Rubbish truck crashes into Wellington home.

Owner of diver's deflated safety sausage found off Wellington's south coast contacts police.