A person suffered serious burns in a house fire in Nelson last night.

Most of the northern and eastern coast of the North Island will enjoy a sunny weekend.

Stormy cold front passing over NZ brings wild weather, overnight lows forecast to drop.

Hundreds of people's travel plans disrupted after Air NZ and Jetstar cancel flights.

Three big fires today have stretched the country's firefighters.

Four motorcyclists and one cyclist were killed at the weekend.

Police are investigating the crash which fatally injured a cyclist in Horowhenua.

Ironically, Tom Bruce to returns from injury to cover for injury.

As usual it's a mixed bag weather-wise, with heat for some, and rain for others.

They tried to make Tracey-Anne Harris' death look like an accident. It was murder.

Spring will again show its sleight of hand on NZ weather conditions.

Father's "heart dropped" when he found out his 6yo boy was missing in the water.

Nekko Paul Haworth, 6, has been identified as the boy found dead at Havelock Marina.

The road is expected to stay closed for some time.

The man who died in the Rai Valley crash was Christopher David Heads, aged 69.

It's good weather news for most Kiwis, after a dire start to the school holidays.

A person has been critically injured in a car crash in Nelson.

Whanganui High School make history by reaching the national championships in October.

There is a heavy rain watch is in force for Coromandel and Bay of Plenty.

A widespread burst of thunderstorms brought over 1300 lightning flashes within an hour.

Dr Samuel Wilson disguised the USB camera on his car keys and door opener.

'It was just a pretty skinny fit and it took a little bit of wriggling to get it through.'

First round of games honours memory of All Black and Heartland legend Sir Brian Lochore

And September and October are not looking too great either.

A lucky Auckland player who bought their ticket on MyLotto is yet to claim their prize.

Exclusive club refused to vote on amendment to its laws that would ban "hate speech".