Public access to iconic surf beach Elliot Bay has been secured.

Middlemarch has registered New Zealand's coldest June temperature since 2015.

Much of the Central North Island and South Island woke to frosts this morning.

Police have set up a direct phone line for people to call with information about the case.

Police use excavator at rural location where they believe missing woman is buried .

More water storage facilities in Northland in the pipeline.

Bridget Simmonds, then 42, was reported missing on March 6 last year.

Simmonds' mother just wants closure for the family.

Suspicious fire destroys rural community hall.

Head-on crash near the summit of Brynderwyn Hills.

Business leaders and sporting organisations in Northland are delighted to move to level 1.

Power outage for Far North.

Neighbours felt 'something not right' before hearing of death.

There is snow down to 400m in places of the South Island, what's in store for the north?

"I would like to think we could reach out to those people and possibly help them."

Drug dealer's sentence stands despite Court of Appeal guideline shift.

Two community groups targeted in burglaries.

Four people arrested in police drug operation named in court.

Northland and Coromandel set for the heaviest falls; motorists urged to take care.

Five gang members and associates now face meth or weapons charges.

Man arrested in relation to carjacking incident with baby on backseat.

Home detention for woman who allowed bank account to be used for money laundering.

Survey reveals 94 per cent of sexual assaults not reported to NZ police.

Polytech and wānanga domestic enrolments forecast to jump 33 per cent.

Firm confirmed it had begun consultation with staff.

Principals "plesantly surprised" by school turnout of just under 80 per cent.