New Zealand's road to the 2012 London Olympic begins in Adelaide this weekend at the Oceania track championships.

TV3 is taking the BSA to court over a complaint from Social Development Minister Paula Bennett, about a report claiming she offered a beneficiary money to drop a privacy case.

A foreign rowing official who was caught by police driving over 80 km/h over the speed limit has had the charges dropped.

A police officer is to undergo surgery after his patrol car was smashed into - possibly deliberately - by a fleeing driver in Hamilton this afternoon.

Two people were killed and three seriously hurt after a car driven by a 15-year-old on a learner's licence collided with a truck today.

A man has been arrested for a series of sexual assaults on other men.

A former high-profile principal says he will defend dozens of charges against him that include money-laundering, false accounting and fraud.

A man who disturbed burglars was attacked and left with head injuries and an officer injured when he later tried to arrest a suspect.

A 50-year-old bus driver sacked for sexual harassment denies the claims - but admits she talked about getting 'pissed' with 15-year-olds.

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