A passenger told the driver it was his country, later unleashing a vicious assault.

Watercare plans to truck sewage away at three other housing developments.

Father killed his ex-partner at an Auckland property one year ago this month.

The 12-year-old male driver is set to face a Waitākere Court.

Rescuers were able to guide the pair along the rocks to safety rather than use a jetski.

Thorpe's mate said he would 'enjoy' getting the last laugh today during his eulogy.

The pair were stuck on rocks as the tide rose around them, leaving them with no escape.

Thousands descend on the 3800 square metre store on opening day in Westgate Town Centre.

A fire investigator will return to the house later this morning.

Police said they were looking for a stolen motorbike.

The Pulse platform can be accessed by students on their devices.

An elderly victim made 13 offshore money transfers to scammers with help from bank staff.

Self-stabilising design enables self-parking, scooters that will one day come to you.

"Guys in balaclavas" were trying to grab a woman before one was shot, witness claims.

Serial burglar Dylan Hendriks admitted similar offending, but he denied the Piha heist.

A local woman who helped retrieve the ashes said the thieves were 'scum'.

Surgeons had to remove a woman's eye after discovering a mandarin-sized tumour.

Police were called to the incident involving a car and a truck at 1pm.

Two brazen daytime heists, both terrifying shoppers at crowded malls, netted $850,000.

A huge crowd, including dozens of patched bikies, attended Sam Rasmussen's tangi.

The woman was found dead in a Chorley Ave home last month.

She is accused of having used a car as a deadly weapon.

The teenagers were on a school tramping trip in heavy rain.

Three-wheelers can be remote-controlled.

A police officer, social worker and member of the public hurt in crash.

Locals shocked at attack on elderly neighbour, while manhunt for intruder is under way.