A 29-year-old mother faces a murder charge for leaving her 13-month-old baby in a bath.

Will teen bride-to-be Sophie avoid the Shortland Street wedding curse?

Where you'll live, what sort of house you'll have and how much it'll cost will be influenced by reforms that promise more affordable housing.

The dream of first home ownership will be made easier by Prime Minister John Key's likely tax reforms, economists said today.

Two women were car-jacked at gunpoint while sitting in a McDonalds carpark in the early hours of this morning.

The food at Takahe unfortunately doesn't live up to its spectacular backdrop.

Millie Elder is is back before the courts after an alleged altercation with police trying to arrest her gang-connected boyfriend.

Things get a little rough in the conclusion of Graeme Lay's story of the first surfers on one Kiwi beach.

Pamela Wade walks the new Hillary Trail in the Waitakeres.

The family of Sir Edmund Hillary yesterday marked the second anniversary of his death by walking a rugged seaside hill track which bears his name.

Phoebe Falconer checks out another great summer holiday place within an hour's drive of downtown Auckland.

Sun, sea and the birth of surfing: the second part of a four-part story by Graeme Lay.

Men and unsupervised children will be the focus of beach safety campaigns this summer.