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.

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

Danielle Wright spends a family weekend with nature.

Celia Wade-Brown has shaken off her nearest challenger John Morrison to win a second term as mayor of Wellington.

Heather Tyler finds a small town making the most of some fabulous vineyards.

A toxic paint that sickened a woman and forced her family out of their home has been pulled from sale as officials investigate what is in the paint that made her ill.

Residents were fleeing Seddon last night after a 5.5 earthquake rattled the quake-weary town.

Call it luck or a spooky coincidence, but staff and students at a Wellington primary school were ready and waiting for yesterday's big earthquake.

The severe earthquake which rocked NZ this afternoon sent workers in Wellington running into the streets as the ground shook and buildings swayed from side to side.

Marlborough and Wellington residents tell their stories of today's earthquake and its aftermath.

The New Zealand dollar dropped almost half a US cent and the NZX suspended trading after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake rocked Wellington.