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.

An Auckland family is living in fear after being burgled twice and having two cars broken into in the past six weeks.

A large-scale fire has broken out at a house located inside the Long Bay Regional Park, on Auckland's North Shore.

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 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.

Children waved small photocopied Syrian flags as New Zealand welcomed its first extra intake of refugees from the war-torn nation at Mangere today.

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Holidaymakers are set to clog up the roads.

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

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

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.

A man said he was at home when he heard screams for help about 100 metres from shore at his Owhiro Bay Parade home.

A king tide has created dangerous conditions and beach-goers should stay away from the water's edge.

The victim is being flown to Waikato Hospital by the Westpac Waikato Air Ambulance in a serious condition.

Student Shashi Sharma brutally beaten assault and robbed as he delivered pizzas in Napier.

Woman wrapped herself around her six-year-old girl and took full brunt of crash.