A Napier man is disgusted after being delivered someone else's medical documents, sparking an internal investigation by the Hawke's Bay District Health Board.

The first Rotorua mud festival will be held in December next year.

A Wellington hotel manager was out in the back part of the building in the smoking room when she heard a big bang inside.

A 65-year-old was subjected to a prolonged sexual attack in her own home after answering the door to a stranger on the prowl in the neighbourhood.

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The yacht on which one sailor was killed and another lost at sea has arrived back in New Zealand under tow.

Roger Nathan is being hailed a hero for trying to save a man who got into trouble and died while diving on Sunday at Pourerere beach.

A man is in critical condition after he was thrown from his vehicle following a collision with a police car during a pursuit through Whangarei city streets.

An Auckland family reeled in more than they bargained for when they discovered they had a snake eel on the end of their fishing line.

A man who stole thousands of dollars from unattended wallets and shops on the North Shore will spend nine months in prison.

A hikoi of almost 1000 people arrived at Parihaka marae today, led by "recovering racist" and New Plymouth mayor Andrew Judd.

Tourist driver from China has been sentenced to 17 months jail for crash that killed motorcyclist Rhys Middleton.

The first nine years of Jurnee's life have been tough but all that could change.

Police are looking for a man in a white car over shooting of 17-year-old boy in Hamilton.

But Hawke's Bay Area Commander Inspector Tania Kura is likely to escape conviction.

A 17-year-old boy has been shot on a street in Hamilton, in what is now the third shooting incident on the same street in sixteen months.

Police are looking for Donald Adam Summer who went missing since yesterday morning. He is also known as Donald Adams or Don.

Unrepentant former Northland church leader has been jailed for 20 years for systematically grooming and sexually abusing a dozen girls for more than a decade.

A modest Whangarei bungalow has sold for $230,000 above its capital value - has the world gone mad?

More police dedicated to targeting drugs and organised criminal groups are needed to stem the flood of methamphetamine into Northland.

Building Minister Nick Smith says tighter rules for businesses which test for meth contamination will be in place by the end of the year.

The sudden death of one of Wairarapa's most colourful characters and community leaders has shocked and saddened the district.

A teenager serving a life sentence for murder is facing a charge of indecently assaulting a female prison officer at Hawke's Bay Hospital.

A Northland fisherman who tipped police off to suspicious boaties on 90 Mile Beach which led to a record seizure of methamphetamine is fearful of gang retribution.

Emergency services are responding to a gas leak in central Tauranga.

The man who punched Stephen Dudley has said he feels responsible for the teenager's death and has labelled himself a "coward".

Hawke's Bay Police are looking for the young man responsible for the sexually motivated incident.

State Highway 2 linking Opotiki and Gisborne was closed this morning due to a large slip in the Waioeka Gorge.