Damian Lawson was to stand trial for manslaughter but has admitted a lesser charge.

It's costing taxpayers almost $1m a year to keep Ashley Peacock behind locked doors.

Porirua locals want a mental health respite service moved after an alleged kidnap bid.

A 32-year-old man is accused of trying to snatch a Whitby toddler last week.

A public meeting is planned to allow locals to raise their concerns.

A Whitby father is grateful to his neighbours for helping him foil a kidnap bid.

Father told police a man lunged at him and tried to snatch his 3-year-old daughter.

Nick Leggett says he has decided against running for Parliament in Mana.

A child has head injuries after being hit by a car at a pedestrian crossing in Porirua.

The man fatally shot by police in Porirua on Sunday morning has been named.

The police union is hitting back against suggestions a Taser could have been used instead of a gun.

Wellington's top cop is backing the officer who fatally shot a 44-year-old man.

Some people posted on social media about seeing the sky light up, while others described the light as being green in colour.

Closing the Cadbury factory will hit Dunedin hard, but what does it say about the health of NZ manufacturing?

A yacht fire left a person suffering smoke inhalation this morning.

Police in Wellington are searching for a man seen riding a dirt bike while carrying a baby on his back.

The case of a 14-year-old autistic boy being held in police cells overnight because there was nowhere else to put him is "appalling", an autism advocate says.

WATCH: An extreme water daredevil has gone over the Huka Falls on a bodyboard, an act that has been described as "reckless and irresponsible".

Nearly 1000 cats have found themselves in predicaments needing rescue by fire crews in the last five years.

The Porirua community is rallying around their local Santa after his sack was stolen just weeks before Christmas.

There was a record downpour in Auckland, a tornado in Taranaki and "quake lights" above Wellington. Oh, and 2016 was likely also New Zealand's hottest year on record.

A 32-year-old man has been arrested over a string of aggravated robberies in Porirua that took place more than a year ago.

A man who pulled a gun on a police officer remains on the run.

A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to 11 years and six months jail after "exceptionally cruel offending".

A man guilty of a shocking sex attack will today learn if he faces preventive detention.

A free service has been set up to ease the Christmas shopping horror.

A former Labour member spurned for being "right wing" by Labour leader Andrew Little has signed up with National.

Wellington Police have arrested seven people over a city-based methamphetamine dealing syndicate.

Wellington police have found an autistic 19-year-old, who was reported missing earlier this evening, "safe and sound in Paraparaumu".

Videos have emerged of a police pursuit in Porirua which ends in the driver getting out of his vehicle and running on foot.