A young Whangarei man has admitted stealing tobacco products worth nearly $10,000 after breaking into two service stations. Joseph

Kaitaia police were yesterday interviewing a 15-year-old boy after a Takahue man was allegedly abducted from his home at gunpoint

A Whangarei man has pleaded guilty at the start of his jury trial to charges relating to an Armed Offenders' Squad callout after reports

A Hawke's Bay dean stood down for having extra-marital affairs 25 years ago has been reinstated. In May the Dean of Napier Cathedral

People say that music has a healing power. And in 6-year-old Tyree Walters' case, he has plenty of healing to do. Tyree's PS3 was

A drive in the rain to escape cabin fever in the family bach over the long weekend resulted in a "magical" experience for Jane Tarrant. Driving

As six-year-old Tyree Walters lay in hospital in agony with 30 stitches to his face and chest from a vicious dog attack heartless thieves burgled his home.

A Northland farmer's first attempt at releasing a song internationally via social media has clocked up a whopping 12 million Facebook views.

Northland Health Officials were very disappointed three Northland retailers were prepared to sell cigarettes to minors in a controlled

Eveline Harvey finds magic above and below ground in Waitomo.

Three people have been rushed to hospital following a head-on collision just south of Paekakariki, Wellington.

Two women from high-profile fractured relationships have found solace with Destiny Church.

Congestion north of Auckland and around Wellington has eased, NZ Transport Agency says.

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Oysters thrown on concrete, slurped off a belly button and sucked from the toe of a shoe. These are some of the ways oysters were

The vendors, who are retiring, established the corrugated iron theme for the Waikato town.

It should be a fine Labour weekend for most Kiwis, with a high set to arrive on Saturday.

Police today confirmed the identity of the remains as Palmiro MacDonald, who was last seen in Levin on March 23.

Shocked family members have gathered in mourning after a woman died in a car that crashed down a driveway in West Auckland.

It used to be the thing of the old Western movies where the rancher combating rustlers stealing his stock. But similar scenarios are

Fissure, a new kiwi chick, hatched despite a huge hole in its egg, after staff patched the egg up with masking tape.

More than 520 new jobs and $111 million of capital investment could be pumped into Tauranga by prospective new businesses.

Waiouru has flushed away its competition, and taken out the award for the country's best public toilets.

Cigarette thieves who raided a Bay of Islands dairy are thought to be the same offenders who rammed a pursuing police car after drawing

Median weekly earnings in Hawke's Bay are surging ahead of other North Island regions.

A Taharoa teenager killed after the quad bike she was on crashed, also seriously injuring her passenger, was a safe driver, locals say.

As a child, he told people he was run over by a trailer rather than admit to having a disability. But last week, in front of friends

Lobby groups opposed to offshore oil drilling feel they influenced Statoil's decision to pull out of the Reinga Basin - but the Government

The weekend's freak storm in Napier and Hastings - when hail fell, and blue skies darkened - could herald a turbulent week ahead

The Waikato dairy farmer who found a security camera in his milking shed says he thinks students or "greenies" are behind it.