New ZealandDry summer starts with showersA dry summer is on its way, but it starts with showers for many of us today.30 Nov 08:31 PM
New ZealandDargaville Lotto players wins $1mA Lotto player from Dargaville will be celebrating after pocketing $1million with Lotto First Division. The winning Lotto ticket 30 Nov 08:31 PM
New ZealandTreaty safe despite shaky homeEarthquake damage has forced the closure of the treasure house holding New Zealand's most significant official documents but it hasn't 30 Nov 08:30 PM
New ZealandTwo swim, one clung to rock, one rescuedAll four men who were rescued after their boat capsized crossing the Kawhia bar this morning were wearing lifejackets.30 Nov 07:50 PM
New ZealandCook's first landfall to be markedThe Bay of Islands will be one of four main sites around the country in large-scale commemorations marking 250 years since Captain 30 Nov 07:47 PM
New ZealandWanted man easily recognisedPolice are urging the public to report any sightings of a 42-year-old man with a distinctive tattoo under his eyes. Anthony Gene 30 Nov 07:39 PM
New ZealandLuxury treat for gastro familyA luxurious escape for one family could not have come soon enough as the effects of the gastro crisis still linger. The Burt family 30 Nov 07:36 PM
New ZealandYouths arrested after tourist assaultedFour youths have been arrested after an alleged attack which left an 18-year-old German tourist terrified. Kerikeri Senior Sergeant 30 Nov 07:30 PM
New ZealandGrinch vandals turn out the lightsPapamoa householders keen to bring Christmas joy to others have had their light displays wrecked.29 Nov 11:47 PM
New ZealandPrickly road marking will need redoingFeeling a bit flat? Think you've had a bad day? Spare a thought for this poor thing that was snapped on State Highway One, just near 29 Nov 11:07 PM
New ZealandDrug lord's former house back on marketThe waterfront mansion built for Mr Asia has been listed for sale with an asking price of $6.9 million.29 Nov 10:06 PM
New ZealandShe lost her daughter and now her homeWhangarei mum was still reeling from the loss of her 15-year-old daughter when a discarded cigarette butt burned down her smoke-free home, destroying everything.29 Nov 09:34 PM
New ZealandFemale tourist punched in attackAn attack in Kawakawa which left a German tourist with facial injuries has been called "disappointing" by Northland police. Kerikeri 29 Nov 07:40 PM
New ZealandHunger pangs lead to Lotto successAlways follow your gut. Listening to her stomach has brought a Northland woman amazing success after she won $500,000 with Lotto 29 Nov 07:20 PM
New ZealandNorthland has most unsolved burglariesNorthland has the highest rate of unsolved burglaries in the country and the slowest response time to break-ins, with 10 burglary 28 Nov 07:40 PM
New ZealandMP offered $150k for this hovelWhanganui MP Chester Borrows has offered the owner of the derelict Patea Hospital $150,000 for the property, but Basil Anderson won't 28 Nov 05:00 PM
New ZealandWaipukurau Hospital's nurses' quarters to be demolishedCentral Hawke's Bay College is on lockdown due to the threat of toxic smoke from a fire at the derelict Waipukurau Hospital's nurses' quarters.28 Nov 12:01 AM
New ZealandSonny Tau back at helm of runangaAfter more than a year of paid leave Sonny Tau has returned to his position as chairman of the Ngapuhi runanga despite several calls 27 Nov 08:30 PM
New ZealandWestern Bay cracks down on freedom campersThe Western Bay District Council has brought in a security firm to patrol camping hotspots such as Waihi Beach and Bowentown's Anzac 27 Nov 08:12 PM
New ZealandMid North teen jailed for ramraidsA Northland teenager has been jailed for three years after repeated ram raids on a sportswear shop caused its owners massive financial 27 Nov 07:30 PM
New ZealandRotorua rumbles: 'The village is erupting'Residents tell of fear after eight water eruptions of up to 30m on the lake this morning - the first geothermal activity in the area for about 15 years.27 Nov 07:21 PM
New ZealandHead-on: Six 'very lucky' to be aliveThe six people involved in a serious head-on crash near Whakapara were "very lucky" to escape with their lives, a police officer said. Russell 27 Nov 07:00 PM
Business$5.7m house Tauranga's biggest saleThe couple who bought a luxurious Mount Maunganui property for $5.7 million paid Tauranga's top residential sale for 2016.27 Nov 05:52 PM
New ZealandBirthday party swapped for mourningTongan cousins Alipate "Pate" Manumu'a and Sunia "Junior" Ungo'unga died in the charter boat tragedy.27 Nov 05:57 AM
New Zealand5.1 quake jolts North IslandGeoNet said the 61km-deep struck 105km northeast of Te Araroa at 1.18pm.27 Nov 12:37 AM
New ZealandQuake-hit building demolition delayedWellington's wild wind has put the brakes on the demolition of a severely earthquake-damaged office building in the central city.26 Nov 06:59 PM
New ZealandGet ready, we're in for a sticky summerSticky, humid weather awaits the country this summer as a weak La Nina brings muggy weather particularly in northern areas.25 Nov 08:15 PM
New ZealandNapier to clamp down on freedom campersFreedom camping in non self-contained vehicles could be banned across Napier. This was one suggestion Napier City councillors made 24 Nov 09:30 PM
New ZealandMaungaturoto cashes in on Lotto streakNorthland is going through an amazing Lotto winning streak with more than $8.6 million in First and Second Division prizes won in 24 Nov 08:30 PM
New ZealandRam raider jailed for four and a half yearsA Northland businessman wants benefit payments given to a man convicted of ram raiding his business causing more than $25,000 damage 24 Nov 08:00 PM
New ZealandPrison lifer helped beaten inmateA jury will today resume considering a verdict in the trial of a Hawke's Bay Prison inmate charged with causing grievous harm in an 24 Nov 07:30 PM
New ZealandWhangarei councillors sworn in ... againAn administrative blunder which has seen every elected member of Whangarei District Council since 1989 sworn in under the wrong wording 24 Nov 07:30 PM
BusinessThousands in trouble after quakesPart-time workers, casuals and temps in Wellington are unable to get to their jobs, and have no safety net.24 Nov 04:51 AM
New ZealandOffer of ride terrifies two schoolgirlsPolice are looking to speak to a man who terrified two adolescent girls in Onerahi as he allegedly drove beside them and beckoned 23 Nov 07:40 PM
