Fire investigators are this morning heading to the scene of a blaze that badly damaged Hutt Valley property last night.

Mother of 26-year-old Amy Katu, one of the victims of today's horror triple fatal crash in Te Kuiti, says she's in disbelief that her daughter is gone.

A man accused of punching a woman outside an east Auckland bar after she spoke Te Reo, has appeared in court.

The family of a motorcyclist killed in Hamilton this week has paid tribute to a loved husband and treasured dad.

The 27-year-old was killed just after 1pm near Weymouth Street while walking on the city's popular coastal walkway.

Boogie boarding on the sand dunes of Hokianga is addictive, family friendly fun, writes Rob Cox.

Marley was a beloved family pet and owner Chelsea Ellmers says it feels like a piece of her family is missing.

Two cars collided with a stock truck in Tauranga.

A person has died after a logging truck collided with a car on State Highway 1 near Oakleigh, south of Whangarei, this morning.

A man has died after a stack of panels fell on top of him at factory in the Waikato town.

GeoNet reports two "light" earthquakes today in the North Island.

Spyridia filamentosa, you are to blame.

Three drivers fled from Northland police within hours of each other, with one allegedly setting the stolen car he was driving on fire.

The Napier-Taupo Road has now reopened after a van plunged 6m down a bank early today.

Holidaymakers heading back to the grind in the Super City have one thing to smile about tonight, for most, it's a clear run home on the roads.

Swathes of the beach at Waipu Cove in Northland are covered in smelly red algae, blighting the spot's usually pristine golden sand.

A neighbour who tried to save the life of a preschooler hit by a car in a farm driveway near Tokoroa was too distressed later to talk about the fatality.

Police are still appealing for sightings of slain mother of two, Jo Pert, and her alleged attacker.

A drink driver who fled police, sparking a chase which left a power pole damaged, now faces being charged the cost to replace it.

A man has had surgery today after he was shot in Hamilton early this morning.

The motorcyclist who lost both legs in a crash with a truck remains critically unwell in Auckland City Hospital.

A motorcyclist involved in crash with a truck in Taranaki this afternoon has died.

WATCH: Weta Workshop has lifted the covers off the construction process of Gisborne's new statue of Footrot Flats figures Wal and Dog.

The woman killed on her morning run through the leafy Auckland suburb of Remuera is being remembered a "kind and gentle person".

Four people have been arrested after they allegedly fled police in a stolen car and crashed into a lamp post while trying to avoid road spikes in Raglan last night.

Two men will appear in the Palmerston North District Court on a number of charges after a high speed chase in the city.

Hutt Valley police have finished their search at a property where a people were seen with firearms yesterday.

An Auckland couple chased down two men who crashed while fleeing from a burglary, and held one down until officers arrived.

A 70-year-old man was winched to safety after injuring his ankle while tramping in the Ruahine Range in Manawatu.

A forbidden driver was caught under the influence and with stolen goods in the car, after several calls from the public about his bad driving.