Scientists say it would have been impossible to predict today's earthquake even though a tremor a day earlier was probably a foreshock.

This city has beaten 82 entries from cities worldwide to be recognised as a leading safe city.

This morning's M7.1 quake is the biggest to hit the north of the North Island in more than 20 years, when a M7.2 quake struck in a similar spot in 1995.

A Whangarei teen treated as his father's "dogsbody" has been jailed for more than nine years, for his role in the country's largest

Civil Defence has cancelled the tsunami warning issued for the North Coast Regions of the North Island following this morning's 7.1 magnitude quake.

Much of the North Island was shaken awake this morning with a magnitude 7.1 earthquake felt from Northland to Wellington.

The Waitangi Treaty Grounds is a finalist in the New Zealand Tourism Awards, going head-to-head with TIME Unlimited Tours of Auckland.

Convictions in Rotorua for cannabis possession have fallen more than 66 per cent in the last six years - adding fuel to nationwide

A local car dealer has warned the thieves who stole some mags and tyres off a vehicle behind his business that they may not have got

Courts let dangerous American pitbull terrier cross live after nine months on death row. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT

A teenage boy who fled from a car during a police chase has been arrested after he was found hiding in a treehouse. Westshore, Napier

When Jo and Brian Guy's son Scott was murdered near Feilding six years ago it set into motion a series of tragic events and traumas.

A former Whangarei Department of Corrections worker awarded $7000 after she complained of sexual harassment - including an allegation

A Napier business owner could do nothing but watch, as a car left the road and plunged into the side of a building last night. Emergency

The Ngapuhi Runanga has decided to extend Sonny Tau's leave as chairman of the board for a further six months after he was found guilty

Police are thanking a member of the public who helped to tackle a man who had just assaulted an officer with a chair in Kaikohe. Senior

A drug dealer has been told a lengthy jail sentence is likely after police charged him with bringing more than $300,000 worth of methamphetamine

Cattle can freely walk into our rivers and defecate despite heightened water safety concerns in the wake of the gastro crisis.

A Napier service station attendant was left with a gashed arm after a machete-wielding robber confronted him and lashed out on Monday

The search for a missing 18-year-old lost off the New Plymouth coast has continued today.

The male driver of a car wasn't hanging around after a spectacular crash.

"Stupid idiots" smashed through a fence, knocked bollards out of the ground and left skid marks across a Whangarei sporting field

Electronic tracking devices and surveillance cameras could be a way of stemming beehive thefts in Northland, an industry spokesman

Police have conceded the response to a woman who barricaded herself in her home and called 111 after being followed to her home did not meet the usual standard.

A repeat dope grower caught cultivating nearly $100,000 worth of cannabis commercially inside a garage has been jailed for more than

A team of investigators are no closer to sourcing Havelock North's water contamination. Further test results from Hastings, Flaxmere

Skiers and snowboarders flocked to sunny Mt Ruapehu in such great numbers today that the access road to Whakapapa ski area had to be closed.

Three men and a 13-year-old boy have been arrested after a 60 strong brawl in Tokoroa which saw a teenage boy seriously injured.

Councils around the North Island are assuring residents of the safety of their water supplies following a gastro outbreak in Hawke's Bay.

A chance intervention has continued the remarkable good fortunes of a plucky ewe that was dubbed "New Zealand's luckiest lamb". Lucky