A man who tried to steal chicken from behind the counter at a Hamilton KFC led police on a car and foot chase.

A North Island farmer is on the mend after being flung more than 3m into the air by a rampaging steer.

Morning cloud and a few showers will greet most of the country this morning, but the rain is expected to clear later this afternoon.

Four-wheel drive towing a caravan collided with a truck in Warkworth.

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Women in fear as man takes to following them through wood.

Construction firms desperate for tradies.

Miriyana Alexander checks out a luxury lodge that's luring celebs to New Zealand.

A 50-year-old-man has been taken to hospital in a serious condition after being stung by bees north of Auckland.

Prolific peeping Tom caught crawling into the roof of Burger King restaurant to watch women on the toilet.

Why you should always use a professional when moving furniture.

"There is a steady increase of women being abducted, tied up, put in the boot of cars, taken away to the bush or the beach, or their partners having utensils to bury them."

A Napier man sustained a head wound during a violent home invasion this morning. He was tied up and beaten while his home was ransacked.

Police are hunting a group of men who assaulted and robbed a 58-year-old male at home in Napier this morning.

A man has described the horrifying moment a diver was dragged up on the beach at Mathesons Bay suffocating and "foaming from the mouth and nose".

One person has been killed after being crushed between a container and a truck at Mount Maunganui.

A police officer shot in the hand during a 22-hour stand-off in the Bay of Plenty on Wednesday has been discharged from hospital.

A man alleged to have fled a fatal crash in which he is thought to have been the driver has been interviewed by police.

Family relieved the siege has ended peacefully

Former police negotiator Lance Burdett told Newstalk ZB things could "turn on a knife edge" during armed stand-offs.

The gunman involved in the incident is reportedly willing to surrender if he can have the support of his friends and family with him.

Officers at the Onepu siege will not be letting the fact their mates have been shot cloud their judgment.

Woman who died after escaping from car boot while bound and gagged had been charged with possessing methamphetamine.

Ten-month-old Elliott Nicholas Allen Whitehead drowned last night at a house in Putaruru.

Cyclists performed a "chain of survival" around their cycling buddy after he fell from his bike on a busy Auckland road.

Video footage of a police chase in Napier last night shows a white Toyota Hilux leading a long train of police cars and interested drivers.

Ambulance staff attended but were not able to revive the baby.