Police are looking for two men who held up a dairy with an axe in Wellington this afternoon.

Police and the Fire Service are investigating a fire which gutted a high school gymnasium in the Wellington suburb of Rongotai this morning.

Police have urged motorists travelling north from Wellington to exercise patience in 'extremely heavy' traffic today. Two people have so far been killed on NZ's roads since the official start of the holiday road toll period.

Former PM Helen Clark says concerns by the US Embassy over the screening of Michael Moore's film Fahrenheit 9/11 for a Labour Party fundraising event showed "outright bullying" and "unprofessional" conduct by officials.

Rebecca Barry meets a group of New Zealanders for whom life means much more than material possessions.

Auckland Airport handled 3.8 per cent more passengers in November than a year ago, and airports it has invested in experienced even stronger growth.

A selection of Christmas church services in the main centres.

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.