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Mike Bygate sent this photo of a snowy Hanmer Springs this morning.

Updated 11 min ago

'Ugly' winter night ahead

Meteorologists are warning "the storm is still to come'' as a polar blast brings snow, rain and winds to the country this morning.

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Burglar bumps into body in dark

Inspector Greg Nicholls. Photo / Sarah Ivey

A burglar made a shocking discovery when he stumbled upon a dead body hanging in the dark as he snooped around a house.

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Breakfast hosts in drug test stunt

Samples allegedly provided by Stu Tolan and Hayley Holt appeared to test positive.

A top More FM boss is facing disciplinary action over a stunt in which two of the station's Breakfast Show hosts appeared to fail drug tests live on air.

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Updated 59 min ago

Tennis: Serena 'sorry' for rape remark

Serena Williams arrives for the Burberry Prorsum show, part of a display of men's spring/summer fashion collections in London this week. Photo / AP

"She shouldn't have put herself in that position." Serena Williams has had to apologise for criticising a 16-year-old rape victim in a high-profile US case.

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William and Kate in dark over baby's sex

Britain's Duchess of Cambridge attends a Princess Cruises ship naming ceremony as her final engagement before the birth. Photo / AP

The sex of Prince William and his wife Catherine's baby will remain a mystery until its expected arrival in mid-July, with the mother likely to opt for a natural delivery…

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Lundy family anger over evidence

As Mark Lundy's Privy Council hearing wraps up, his family reveal their anger at how police failed to disclose a document important to his defence.

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Soccer deal may end monopoly

Manchester United's Wayne Rooney (right) fights for the ball against Everton's Phil Neville. Photo / AP

The loss of English Premier League soccer to online broadcaster Coliseum Sports Media may signal the end of Sky's virtual monopoly of quality sports content.

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All Blacks: Ranger one of five changes

Rene Ranger will have only his second start in six tests at New Plymouth. Photo / Getty Images

Ranger will start for the All Blacks on the left wing in the third test, replacing Julian Savea in one of five changes to the starting XV which wrapped up the series…

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PR spin costs Solid Energy $48k

Solid Energy Chairman Mark Ford. Photo / Mark Mitchell

Well-connected lobbyists Saunders Unsworth worked with Solid Energy, Treasury and Cabinet Ministers to thwart questions about the company's problems.

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Norman won't win finance job: Shearer

Labour last night welcomed the Greens' u-turn. Finance spokesman David Parker said the Greens' policy had been "an unhelpful position". Photo / Mark Mitchell

The Greens back down on their print money policy is good - but co-leader Russel Norman shouldn't expect to be finance minister in a Labour-led government.

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Ohope landslip death inquest

A family member of a teenager killed in a Bay of Plenty landslip following torrential rain believes his death could have been prevented if authorities had ordered evacuations…

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'May you rot in there' - Jill's killer jailed

A missing poster for Jill Meagher is taped to a lamppost in Melbourne. Photo / Getty Images

The rapist and murder of ABC employee Jill Meagher will be 76 before he is eligible for parole - a sentence her family believe is "justice".

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Officials wary over snapper plans

Recreational fishers are prepared to reduce minimum sizes to help the stocks recover. Photo / Alan Gibson

Sensitivity over new management options for the country's biggest snapper fishery is prompting deep thought within the Ministry for Primary Industries.

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Opinion

Morgan: If rich 'buy multiple houses'

Auckland workers are signing up to a daily life of traffic gridlock. Photo / Dean Purcell

We have a huge distortion in our housing market, a legacy of extremely poor policy management since financial deregulation 30 years ago, writes Gareth Morgan.

Domestic violence not just crime of poor

Being intelligent and successful does not make a woman immune to domestic violence.

What this story confronts us with is the destruction of the widely held idea that domestic violence is the dirty problem of the underclasses, writes Selina Trigg.