Nicky Park seeks out some edible delights during a South Wairarapa stopover.

Winston Aldworth samples some capital beers.

There is great shopping and food to be had in Greytown.

A teen accused of firing a crossbow bolt through the head of a cat may be granted diversion.

A teen accused of firing a crossbow bolt through the head of a cat has been granted name suppression in a brief court appearance.

The woman who was sexually assaulted in her Upper Hutt home has been interviewed by specialist police officers in the hope of gleaning more details about her attacker.

The driver of a passenger train which nearly crashed into another train in Wellington last month failed to notice a stop signal because he was talking, a new report has found.

A 26-year-old woman was sexually assaulted in a daylight home invasion in Upper Hutt today.

KiwiRail has has stopped taking bookings for all its Interislander ferries after the trouble-plagued Aratere lost a propeller during a Cook Strait crossing.

An investigation has been launched into how the interisland ferry Aratere managed to lose a propeller during a Cook Strait crossing last night.

A police investigation into the discovery of a man's body in Wainuiomata has been upgraded to homicide.

The owner of a cat shot through the head with a crossbow says she will talk to an 18-year-old who handed himself into police before she decides whether to push for charges to be laid.

The family of a woman murdered in a calculated attack by her former partner say his sentencing will help to put the "dark period" behind them.

The family of a woman murdered in a calculated attack by her former partner say his sentencing will help to put the "dark period" behind them.

A married senior naval officer dismissed from the Defence Force after a 37-year career over an affair with a subordinate has not yet decided whether to appeal.

A senior navy officer has been found guilty of charges relating to a relationship with a subordinate at a Court Martial.

Long hours of answering questions about her ill-fated affair with a senior Defence boss drove a woman to breaking point late on the first day of a Court Martial.

An ongoing romantic liaison between Royal New Zealand Navy Commodore Kevin Keat and a female civilian staff member is under scrutiny at a court martial.

A 25-year-old man was critically injured when he lost control of a motorcycle while fleeing police in Porirua this afternoon.