KiwiRail is slashing the number of trips its Overlander train service takes between Auckland and Wellington.

It is miraculous a driver who crashed into three parked cars before crossing four lanes of State Highway One, drove through trees and onto a railway track is not injured, police say.

Tame Iti and his colleagues weren't the only ones on trial for the past five weeks. The terrorism claims in the still-unresolved Urewera case have revealed deep divisions over Maori and Pakeha

Reporter Chris Schulz heads to Wellington as the New Zealand International Arts Festival kicks into top gear.