Dev Sangha said he saw his "daughter's blood before his eyes" before he charged at her killer in the High Court at Rotorua today.

The man who admitted murdering a Tauranga mother and her daughter and stashing the 2-year-old girl's body in washing machine has been jailed for a minimum of 20 years.

A restaurant manager created an elaborate scheme so he could steal nearly $140,000 from his employer to feed his gambling addiction.

Chris Langdon's style is influenced by travel - but she still thinks Auckland is the best shopping city in the world.

From zombie killer to Norse god, Tim Balme has had a busy career, on both sides of the television camera. He tells Rebecca Barry about juggling these roles.

It used to be deeply naff, drunk only by teens and maybe your nana; so how did cider get its fizz back to be the drink of the summer, asks Nicky Pellegrino.

One man is dead after a jet boat collided with a marker buoy in Tauranga Harbour this afternoon.

For local tugboat enthusiast Baden Pascoe, there is something honourable and magical about a vessel that has been a workhorse most of its life.

Alison Shanks has stood on the dais to receive world championship and Commonwealth Games gold medals. But she remembers just as vividly standing at the helm of the Spirit of New Zealand.