They say karma comes in many forms - and for some brazen Wellington car thieves, it was the pungent smell of a stoat's backside.

A woman's house was burgled and a few days later she saw a teenage stranger wearing her clothes.

It looks like a winter wonderland - unless you're a farmer who has lost stock and fences, say Hawke's Bay locals struggling after the area's worst snow storm in more than half a century.

A meeting to make final decisions on a new blueprint for Auckland took a major twist this morning when members of the Maori Statutory Board opted out of the process.

Maori pop phenomenon Poi E is sung with gusto and abiding love at the close of the Patea Maori Club night every Monday night. For

The acclaimed and well-documented Hawke's Bay bach First Light is on the market. Named after New Zealand being the first country

Part of a one-lane bridge gave way as a truck carrying a trailer tried to cross it in Whangarei. The Brownlee General Carriers and

Naomi Austen-Reid is proud to call Kaitaia home so, when she saw the Far North town getting a bad rap, she wanted people to focus

Welcome relief as new police help Northland officers stretched by a jump in serious crime.

A homeowner has partially succeeded in her appeal to the Supreme Court, alleging negligence by the Whangarei District Council in a leaky building case.

An intellectually disabled Whangarei teenager who admitted committing a string of burglaries, including breaking into a newly-wed

A Northland man is counting his lucky stars after he woke up in time to flee a burning cottage that was completely destroyed. An

After a night of freezing temperatures, heavy rain and snow, forecasters are predicting more of the same today.

A woman is in stable condition in hospital after an incident in Clendon Park, south Auckland, this afternoon.

Police are appealing for witnesses who may have seen a male approach a 12-year-old girl in Hamilton.

Tenant had been drinking and was stressed after a bad day. So she lit a fire in the kitchen of her Housing New Zealand home.

A Napier man who killed one and seriously injured two others while driving drunk has appealed his sentence, claiming it is "excessive". Tyler

A horse has been put down after being hit by a vehicle in the seaside town of Haumoana, Hawke's Bay, yesterday morning. Police were

A Whangarei house was 10 minutes away from being fully engulfed in flames but thanks to neighbours who saw the smoke, fire crews were able to extinguish the fire.

A former NZ volunteer fire chief who was killed in an accident in the US has been remembered for his humour and commitment to the Fire Service.

Rainy days are here to stay for most of the country today, as the wet weather which has stuck around for the last couple of weeks shows no signs of abating.

When Northland man Manuel Springford goes into the bakery on Mondays for a meat pie you're likely to hear him say "kopaki kiko maku"

Whangarei police have arrested a teenager suspected of ram-raiding a Northland service station and taking fishing equipment. Officers

We've been counting down the towns that have made the biggest contributions to Olympic glory - and today we announce the winner.

A mayoral candidate has described the culture at Wellington City Council toxic.

A Northland sharemilker has been ordered to pay two labourers nearly $33,000 in wage arrears and lost remuneration.

The Richard Deacon sculpture Nobody Here But Us has the highest insurance value of any work in Auckland Council's art collection.

Severe weather conditions are forecast in some parts of the country today, with high winds and heavy snowfall warnings in place.

Heinz Wattie's is building a $4 million beetroot storage and grading facility the size of a rugby field as it moves to more closely

After three days of competition between 39 kapa haka groups, the final day of the National Secondary Schools Kapa Haka Festival will