The boy let off a vile verbal tirade, but should the officer have slapped the 12-year-old?

No charges will be laid following the death of Auckland swimmer Leslie Gelberger.

Welcome to the Iditarod, writes Anna Harrison.

Company was waiting on regulatory sign-off before declaring takeover unconditional.

Canadian dog walker survives three days in remote bush - thanks to her three dogs.

Bigger is certainly better when it comes to the Rocky Mountaineer, discovers Pamela Wade.

Comment: PM discovers entertaining anecdotes go beyond great dinner table conversation.

Teacher waiting to have sex with student, told him to hurry up before husband came home.

Philippines president says he only answers to Filipinos, not foreigners.

Problems with Nigel Murray's expenses were known about as far back as December 2015.

Hiking is fine, but the fastest way to get down a mountain is by zipline.

Jacinda Ardern says the TPP agreement is not dead.

NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern mixed with North American leaders at Apec.

Bill English says NZ should to everything it can to bring Canada back into the TPP.

How Trade Ministers from 11 nations made a blunder of Oscars Best Picture proportions.

Woman killed after a crash in Taranaki was Canadian national Angelika Melisa Loukas.

All White Deklan Wynne shares his top tips for visitors to his second home.

Education Minister Chris Hipkins plans a pre-Christmas package to tackle teacher shortages

He told her they didn't have the winning ticket - 4 days later he packed up and ran away.

Traumatised family arrived in US after being held hostage by Taliban for five years.

A Canadian man who disappeared in 2012 has been found in the Amazon jungle.

Hostage says the Haqqani network in Afghanistan had killed his infant daughter.

A US-Canadian couple are home five years after they were kidnapped in Afghanistan.

American woman, Canadian husband and three children who were abducted walk free.

The New Zealand police have helped catch a child sex offender in Winnipeg.

A Somali refugee has been charged with five counts of attempted murder in Canada.

A police officer was stabbed and four people injured in Edmonton, Alberta attack.

Air France Airbus forced to divert after part of its engine started to break up.

Carlo Capella allegedly uploaded the child porn to a social networking site at Christmas.

Prince makes surprise appearance at convention, urging teens to abandon cynicism.