The family of a Hastings man bashed to death with a taiaha are delighted his killer's appeal has been kicked out. The Court of Appeal

Our ultimate road trip uncovers a boon for the motorist, a super swimming hole and a beauty spot almost too good to be true.

Goodbye Auckland, hello New Zealand. Our biggest city is like a different country, a feeling reinforced by our visit to Te Puea Marae.

Who We Are: David Fisher and videographer Mark Mitchell visit from Hicks Bay to Huntly in their search for what it means to be Kiwi in 2016.

Les Ahuriri can't see why anybody would live Auckland. He lives in a bus at Tokomaru Bay with no power and no running water.

Kids will miss out on a swim over the last weekend of the school holidays after a crypto outbreak.

Who We Are: David Fisher and videographer Mark Mitchell visit Parihaka in their search for what it means to be Kiwi in 2016.

A legal technicality has the Department of Corrections scurrying to impose special release conditions on a soon-to-be-released fraudster

When the sun had risen and the day began properly, the temperature in Napier was still around zero. The grass was crisp and crunched underfoot.

The man has been identified as Benjamin Christopher Dahlkamp, a 45-year-old from Tauranga.

A couple were sitting in the warmth of their lounge when their brightly burning fire started spewing smoke and embers into the room.

A Martinborough man who sparked a day-long police manhunt has pleaded guilty to pointing a gun in public. Robert James Atkinson

Wellington tradies are being warned to lock up their tools and equipment following a number of thieves targeting construction sites and work vehicles.

A Carterton hairdressers had a close shave yesterday morning when a vehicle careered into the shop's window, leaving staff "pretty

Passengers travelling across the Cook Strait will have much easier journey tomorrow as rolling waves subside.

The identities of three foreign nationals killed in an icy crash on the Desert Road are expected to be revealed today.

WATCH: Aerial footage. Three people have been killed after a car collided with a truck on the Desert Rd this morning.

The youngster suffered burns to 35 per cent of his body on Friday night when his shirt was set alight by a gas heater.

Thunder and lightning has struck parts of the North Island with motorists warned to take care as high winds hit.

Thunderstorms which hammered some parts of the North Island will be easing today but strong winds and rain will linger.

The teenager whose dangerous driving killed two of his Featherston friends will have to live with the "heart-breaking" effects of

The North Island is bearing the brunt of stormy weather as heavy rain falls across the island.

Desert Rd down to one lane after crash.

A 22-metre long blue whale washed up on a private Far North beach has excited a marine mammal expert but also sparked a health warning as the giant sea creature decomposes.

A man bleeding from the head after being bashed with a skateboard had to wait outside Napier Police Station after going for help and finding the station closed.

Up to $25,000 worth of jewellery has been stolen from a house in Carterton - one of seven burglaries in the region over the weekend. The

Behaviour that a member of the public regarded as suspicious led to the seizure of tens of thousands of dollars worth of cannabis in Kaitaia last week.

Suspicious behaviour at a coastal holiday home has led to the discovery of a methamphetamine lab in Northland.

Court documents reveal criminal histories and rocky relationship before pair killed Moko.

In a few weeks' time, Allyson Lock's fate will be left "swinging in the wind". The Masterton mother of three has Pompe disease, a