A $465,000 house has been seized from a commercial cannabis grower as punishment instead of an 18-month prison sentence.

A baby narrowly avoided being crushed by a truck which flipped in slippery conditions on Auckland's North Shore today.

One man has been convicted of murder and two others acquitted after a jury accepted they acted in self-defence in the killing of Christchurch man last year.

A Hawke's Bay police officer has been stood down from duty after being charged with multiple counts of indecent assault.

Official documents show the Government did not consider the environment when awarding an East Cape off shore oil exploration permit.

The body of murdered Aucklander Carmen Thomas is believed to have been dumped in bush southeast of Auckland.

A West Auckland principal is taking a zero-tolerance attitude to unruly students at his new school - and winning hearts and minds in the process.

A surgeon who has been the subject of several complaints about failing to properly inform patients has been ordered to pay more than $100,000 in fines and costs after the death of a patient.

The Tri-Nations moves to the high ground and South African coach Peter de Villiers is on shaky ground.

The makers of one of NZ's best-known brands of pie were justified in sacking a worker who stored cockroaches in his locker, the ERA says.

Police visited the workplace of missing escort Carmen Thomas' ex-partner while he was out of the office.

John Barlow was jailed in 1995 for the execution-style killings of Wellington father and son businessmen Eugene and Gene Thomas.