Standing on snakes and having trees fall on him are all in a day's work for the archaeologist who's been called Auckland's Indiana Jones.

The first employment case brought to court under 90-day trial laws has gone in favour of a dismissed pharmacy employee.

A machete-wielding man was shot with a Taser stun gun after threatening police in Lower Hutt last night.

Alarming administration errors led to confusion over which of an elderly woman's legs needed surgery and her being sent home, dying days later.

Peace activists have been accused of "trading off" the famous red poppy brand.

The southerly which cut power to Wellington residents last night has moved north but fresh gales are expected in the lower South Island.

A gang member says he knows the identity of the officer who left a confidential document at a house during a raid last year.

Summer has ground to a spectacular halt in a number of regions over the past week - is it going to get even worse?

Comprising three titles, a substantial and multi-tenanted 3.35ha industrial park is for sale on the fringe of the Seaview industrial area.