Road closed for nearly two months hits owner of Dannevirke bus company in the pocket.

Whangaparaoa was drenched with nearly five times its normal April rainfall, figures show.

He used to taking on crims - but how will he go in the jungle of Nicaragua?

Donated second-hand gear to lift young players on the eve of the winter sport season.

16-year-old charged after break-ins at store and tennis club, but four still sought.

100 years on, NZ's darkest hour at Passchendaele remembered with commemorative stamps

Mavis Mullins has risen to prominence from early roots in Paewai shearing firm.

DAN23972: LIFELINE: Anne Greatbatch (left), hearing therapist for the Life Unlimited Charitable Trust, with client Nikki Martin. PHOTO/CHRISTINE

State Highway 2 has been closed since the early hours of this morning following a fatal crash near Norsewood.

Boxing Day crash victim remembered as one of the "most amazing people" .

Tracey Collis vows to hit the ground running as she steps up the challenge of Tararua District’s new mayor. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

Across the region returned regional councillors weren't impressed with some of the tactics employed by environmentalists, Dannevirke's

Feral sheep are under threat but Wimbledon farmer Brian Hales is showcasing what these exotic breeds have to offer. Made with funding from NZ on Air

Police say 14 primary school students were very, very lucky, after their school bus slammed into a concrete power pole near Dannevirke.

One New Plymouth family were gifted a trampoline after high winds blew it into their property.

The Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter airlifted the man, who has sustained head injuries, to Palmerston North Hospital.

Elisabeth Easther explores this picturesque town's rich history.

Plaugues of rats are chewing and gnawing their way around rural Tararua, chomping on wiring in vehicles.

A man has been flown to Wellington Hospital after he walked into a Dannevirke medical centre with an angle grinder embedded in his chest.

One person has died in a house fire in Pongaroa, south of Dannevirke overnight. Fire services found it well alight on arrival.

A Dannevirke family have been left with nothing after a suspicious fire destroyed their rural home on Saturday night.