The festive season is a time of excess. But as the country’s top traffic officer Paula Rose tells Alan Perrott, there is little cheer in counting its cost.

Jacob Spoonley had mixed emotions on Sunday morning when he learned of fellow goalkeeper Mark Paston's season-ending injury.

Labour leader Phil Goff is defending renting out a property in Wellington that he promised to sell because he gets a taxpayer allowance to rent another place.

Mark Paston will use his computer science degree to get some work experience at an IT firm during his injury layoff.

A woman who was injured and lost her friend after a drink driver crashed into their picnic says she is still suffering from emotional trauma.

Police are investigating the death of a young man who fell from the balcony of a Wellington city apartment today.

A volunteer drive to clean up Kiwi beaches for summer has collected 10 tonnes of rubbish.

A 19-year-old man has been arrested after a string of aggravated robberies at Lower Hutt shops this morning.

Up to 95 homes in Auckland's Franklin Rd now have their Xmas lights on at night, says the founder of the annual spectacle.

A seven-year-old girl who went missing in Palmerston North last night has been found safe and well, police say.