A woman who went missing on her bus journey from Wellington to Hamilton has been found safe in Levin.

A 45-year-old man is being sought by police after shooting another man in Levin on Wednesday.

An arrest has been made by police following a dangerous firearms incident in Levin yesterday.

Levin dairy robbed of cash and cigarettes.

Robert Martin has come a long way from an institution in Levin.

A teenager is in a serious condition in hospital after suffering severe burns while pouring petrol on a bonfire.

A pig hunter who spent a near-frozen night in the bush wearing just gumboots, t-shirt and hoodie, was "very happy" to see his rescuers today.

The family of a hunter missing in bush as temperatures dropped to near freezing are relieved he has been found and still has his "cheeky smile".

Last October two brave residents of the town where Alex Fisher was killed calmly walked a knife-wielding Eric McIsaac out of the forest and into the hands of police.

A KiwiRail train driver has been stood down from duties after a near miss with a child at Levin Railway Station.

Questions have been raised about the mental health and fitness to plead of Alex Fisher's older brother, who was charged with the 10-year-old's murder.

Alex Fisher's schoolmates returned to class today following the boy's disappearance and death.

Police have released the name of a woman who died after falling from a horse near Levin yesterday afternoon.

Emergency services were called to the accident at Gladstone Road, Levin but were unable to save the woman.

A substance found outside the Work and Income office in Levin earlier this morning was sugar.

Police have named the truck driver who died in a three-vehicle crash near Levin last night.

A strong earthquake was "likely felt' after hitting near Levin this morning, GeoNet says.

A terrified teenage girl called for help from her cellphone when she became trapped in her car in a flash flood in Levin on Friday night.

A property in Levin has been attacked by an arsonist twice in the last two weeks.

Two people have been arrested over a “disgraceful” robbery in which a family with two young children were held up with a broken bottle.

One lucky Lotto player will be basking in more than just the sunshine this morning, after scooping a $1 million win last night.

A pregnant woman was walking her 2-year-old daughter in a pram when she was assaulted and robbed by a group of four people.

A 16km expressway north of Wellington has had resource consent granted by a Board of Inquiry.

A sophisticated cannabis growing network in Levin supplying the large Auckland market has been busted by police.

A shed at a poultry factory on the outskirts of Levin was engulfed in flames this morning.