Veteran activist John Minto says charging anti-Government protesters for costs incurred during their protests would set a dangerous precedent.

The mystery of how a postcard sent by a World War I soldier to a boy in South Taranaki turned up 106 years later in a Queensland shopping centre has been solved.

Niraj Prasad lay waiting for Faiz Ali to return home from work before using a hammer to cause “catastrophic” injuries to his head, ultimately killing him, a jury has been told.

Nelson woman Lesley Baxter says she is hugely relieved to have had an aggressive cancer removed after having two previous surgery dates cancelled at the last minute.

Self-defence raised in Wellington manslaughter trial over the death of Simon Strickland.

Kim Taylor has lost her licence for a month after using her vehicle to commit a crime.

Police say further charges are likely in the case of a 34-year-old charged over an incident at a south Auckland shopping centre.

The mayor said the community was increasingly frustrated by the “car enthusiasts gone morons” who were an ongoing problem.

The storm flooded streets, brought down ceilings, and brought thousands of lightning strikes across Auckland before moving down the country.

A man bashed 40 minutes after telling police he and a friend were being followed, and recorded, remains in hospital with life-threatening injuries.

It is heating up and has been experiencing "volcanic tremors", so Geonet has moved the volcanic alert level up to level 2.

The Government will provide $5 million in non-lethal military aid for Ukraine and body armour from the Defence Force’s supplies, as the Eastern European country continues to fight off a Russian invasion.

Iriheke Pere was lying on the ground in handcuffs when a police officer accidentally shot him in the back.

Thomas Phillips reassured family that his three children were well before he fled again.

The accident almost mirrors one at another racing stable which left a young rider with a serious spinal cord injury in 2016.

Mark Sanders told his wife and kids about 6pm he was having a “ball of a time”, but the sea was starting to get rough. Two hours later the distress call went out.

It seems the amount of hot gas flowing through the volcano’s system is increasing, but the temperature of Te Wai ā-moe – Crater Lake – is not rising as fast as would normally be expected.

Emergency services are on the scene of a serious crash on Dominion Rd near Mahana in the Tasman District.

There are 950 new cases of Covid-19 in Southland and Otago on Monday with 25 people in Southern hospitals with the virus.

Police are looking for witnesses to a late night crash in which a cyclist was injured, and a driver left the scene without stopping.