Did you get off the bus in Henderson and find your wallet was a light a couple of bills?

WATCH: An Auckland man has footage of a driver who damaged his motorcycle in a hit-and-run incident - and he wants your help to identify him.

Armed Offenders Squad hunting for man who riddled police car with bullets.

More arrests have been made in relation to the murder of Lee Rata on New Year's Eve in Kaitaia.

An elderly woman who fell asleep at the wheel veered off a road and crashed in to a ditch in Hawke's Bay.

Police in Wellington will continue to speak to residents in the suburb of Newtown today after a woman's body was found in a house last night.

Onlooker at long weekend display at wharf says a pontoon site might have avoided injuries.

All people feared to be inside a house that was on fire in Hamilton are safe and accounted for.

As most Kiwis head home, some have no homes to go to - but that is changing in Hamilton, which aims to end homelessness this year.

A man has a suspected shoulder injury after falling down a cliff on a west Auckland walking track this afternoon.

A public fireworks display in Auckland was cut short last night after hot embers started showering down on people who had gathered to see the spectacle.

The blaze appears to have started in the kitchen and spread quickly into the ceiling of the building.

A belt of intense rain hit parts of Auckland this afternoon, although the the central city missed the most heavy falls.

Neighbours near Yates Park in Mangere say they have seen drug dealing in the park where three men were shot last night.

A 75-year-old woman was violently assaulted, allegedly by a relative, at an East Auckland rest home yesterday.

Highways around the North Island appear to be free-flowing on the first day of the Auckland Anniversary Weekend - though stormy weather could pose problems later.

A car linked to a group of international thieves who stole more than $770,000 of jewellery five years ago is still parked at Wellington Airport.

Holidaymakers are set to clog up the roads.

A woman caught three times over the drink-drive with three pre-schoolers in her car has lost her licence for seven months.

The North Island is in for another stormy day with heavy rain and thunderstorms as former tropical cyclone Victor sweeps past the country.

A woman who rolled her vehicle in the Waioeka Gorge near Opotiki suffered back injuries and was flown to hospital by helicopter.

An anti-Trans Pacific Partnership hikoi is planned for Wellington on Saturday, ahead of next week's formal signing of the controversial trade agreement.

Business leaders have welcomed Prime Minister John Key's State of the Nation address - but one has indicated disappointment on the housing front.

Aucklanders are cranking up the air con to cope with the rising heat and humidity this week, causing a spike in electricity usage, Transpower says.

A security guard has been robbed at gunpoint outside a Whakatane supermarket this morning, police say.

Emergency workers are trying to free the driver of a truck which has "tipped over" on State Highway 1, just north of the Bryderwyn Range Hills in Northland.

John Key outlines plan to make an early start on the main works of Auckland's $2.5b city rail link. But Andrew Little says the commitment should have come long ago.