Today's deadly Christchurch earthquake could be a sign of further devastation to come, with one seismologist warning that it had increased the likelihood of a large earthquake hitting Wellington.

There are unconfirmed reports a car which crashed near Foxton yesterday killing two people may have earlier been racing another vehicle.

As Louise Reichenbach lay trapped and dying in a crashed car yesterday, she asked friends to tell her younger sister Tammy she was sorry for a fight they had had the previous day and that she "loved her very much".

Auckland's set for a creative feast, says Ann Newbery.

Rising star Dominic Cooper plays dumb in new Brit comedy Tamara Drewe - and brutal in Lee Tamahori's film about the son of Saddam Hussein. By Stephen Jewell.

New Zealand's web creatives came together at the Wellington Events Centre last night for the posh Onyas awards.

Police are yet to make any arrests after Matthew Hall, 35, was found stabbed to death in his bed at his Johnsonville home but they hope CCTV images of Mr Hall on the night he was killed might lead to information from the public.

Police have tracked down the owner of dive gear found floating off Wellington's south coast yesterday.

nzherald.co.nz Mac blogger Mark Webster rounds up day two of Webstock.

The officer heading the investigation into the slaying of a Wellington man says his injuries were some of the most "vicious" he had seen in his 23 years on the force.

Police hunting the killer of a man who was the victim of a 'ferocious' stabbing attack at his Wellington home are appealing for new leads.

If you are in the team worried about Showcause's Wellington Cup ninth, you are in a different team to Frank Ritchie.

A woman was injured after she was hit by a bus in Wellington's Manners Street this afternoon, the sixth pedestrian to be knocked down since the new two-way bus route was opened in November.

Fifteen people in the Auckland region are now confirmed to have measles since an Emirates flight arrived in Auckland from Brisbane in mid-January.

A massive police hunt has been launched for the killer of a man who was the victim of a 'ferocious' stabbing attack at his Wellington home. Police found the body of Matthew Hall, 35, at his Johnsonville flat on Tuesday evening.

A woman who paid an ex-gang member to beat up her daughter's partner and her brother who organised the assault were jailed today.

Police have named a man found dead in his Johnsonville home with multiple wounds to his body on Tuesday evening.

Michael Lopp is a Silicon Valley-based engineer who writes about pens, bridges, people, and werewolves.