Seventy-six-year-old owner pleaded for mercy for his beloved dog Scoobie.

Aucklanders and North Islanders now shivering as temperatures plummet in winter storm.

Truckers refuse to leave their snowbound vehicles.

Most Taupo schools are either full or expecting more students soon.

Two new charter schools, one in Rotorua and the other in Taupō, are set to open next year.

As the country braces for four days of atrocious weather, one person doesn't seem to mind.

It may be snow-go for some motorists this week, with white stuff on the way.

For a fleeting few minutes, it appeared the East Coast had been rocked by quakes

Amazing escape after pilot of helicopter found next to burning wreck.

Rescuers winched the injured woman out of a gully after a crash near Taupo.

A teenager who'd just lost her father was nearly banned from the ball over unpaid fees.

It will be at least another two weeks before Simon Harvey Frank pleads to a murder charge.

One person was injured by the attack in Taupo.

It's going to be a wet one across the country.

The man is wanted on a range of serious offences, police say.

A man has appeared in court for the murder of his baby girl.

Small home was "well involved" in flame by the time firefighters arrived this evening.

Police say it is "sheer luck" that no one was killed.

Shandelle Battersby checks into a family-friendly spot with great pool and spa facilities.

Fai Deane died when power was cut to her oxygen machine.

Taupo man jailed for sending threatening and offensive texts to women he met online.

The ribbon has been cut on the first $20m of investment at Whakapapa Ski Area.

Emergency services are responding to a crash near Taupo.

The daughter of the man killed in Broadlands Rd crash talks about her dad.

A person has moderate injuries after a two crash on State Highway 5.

An Australian man's court case relating to a crash on the Desert Rd has been adjourned.

A 20-year-old woman has been rescued from Mt Ngauruhoe.

A car crashed into a river near Waitahanui.

A man has been charged with murder after the incident south of Taupo.

Find out what's happening in your region as Cyclone Cook sweeps in.