Starting this summer, $35m will be spent to make Dome Valley safer.

Popular beaches with good water quality include Piha, Cheltenham, Omaha and Onetangi.

Suspect may be connected to 10 Auckland burglaries in one night.

If we could bottle Don Brash's boring cadences, we'd have a cure for insomnia.

Primary teachers say their third strike in 135 years is sparked by a "crisis" in teaching.

"Police can not rule out the possibility of more charges."

Why should Don Brash be spared the challenge to his 1970s view of New Zealand's future?

Brash will lead a debate against Herald writers Simon Wilson and Fran O'Sullivan.

Four or five new high schools and eight to 10 new primaries to cope with Auckland growth.

Adrift for days, one sailor became so thirsty he drank his own urine.

29-year-old who was shot dead by police threatened officers with a machete, police say.

Delays expected as key transport link expected to remain closed much of the day.

NZ First leader Winston Peters says his MP apologised after Mitchell 'misunderstood.'

The process has cost $143,549 in legal fees already.

A teenager wanted for an alleged crime wave across Auckland has been arrested this morning

The "hot spot" suburbs include a number of up-and-coming neighbourhoods, agency boss says.

A police officer said businesses could see the system's effectiveness for themselves.

Surf lifesavers are kept busy as more people flock to beaches

Home detention for 20-year-old caught importing LSD and ecstasy into New Zealand by mail.

About $240 million will build new schools across Auckland.

School zones are being rewritten to cope with bulging rolls at 43 Auckland schools.

An animal rights charity says to prepare for a stream of motorbikes and revving engines.

The suitcase was left behind by a customer who later returned to pick it up.

Forest and Bird says most rivers and streams are excluded from Government's plan to clean up waterways.

Don Brash returns to the same place, Orewa, to deliver the same sort of speech, but this time as spokesman for Hobson's Pledge.

Blair Cole even displayed the Licensed Building Practitioner logo on his business card, despite not being licensed.

A technical issue at NZME's print plant has affected production of several newspapers today.

Police are praising members of the public, including a Shortland St actor and Flava radio star, who helped to free a man from a burning, crashed car.

Uncle tells of the moment he found his 4-year-old autistic nephew floating in his neighbour's pool.

An Auckland mum is petitioning Parliament to give Pharmac more money to fund treatment for rare diseases.