Two wins in three days have the defending champions in ominous form in the ANZ Premiership.

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

The accident occurred on Wellington's Marine Dr in Eastbourne, which runs alongside the harbour, between Waerenga Rd and Muritai Rd, on Monday evening.

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.

Flight bargains will be few and far between for Kiwis eager to jet off overseas, travel experts have warned.

Jill Severne-Read and her husband Graeme Read say New Zealand's vaccine pass system has "made them feel like foreigners in their own country".

Ever wanted to hear what 96 whistles attached to a Toyota Supra's exhausts sound like? No? That's because you're normal. Luckily not everyone is.

REVIEW: This boasts Eddie Redmayne whispering like David Attenborough, Channing Tatum as a speed-skating fawn and Mila Kunis cleaning toilet bowls.

The public ownership bid for part of Ngunguru Sandspit and Maunga Whakairiora was opposed by hapū members.

Yes, you read that right: hair. The 90s makeover show that spawned a thousand dodgy DIY spinoffs is just as tasteless as it was the first time.

Hamimah Tuyan, whose husband Zekeriya was killed in the terror attack, says stamping out hatred and racism was one way for survivors to reclaim their lives.

New Plymouth ratepayers look set to only pay the forecast seven per cent rate increase in the next financial year despite inflationary pressure.

REVIEW: In the end, this falls somewhere between recent The Dropout and Pam & Tommy, and is likely to leave fans of either series unsatisfied.

Christchurch midwives are fearful they will lose a valuable and greatly needed birthing facility at St George’s Maternity Hospital as a result of a review of services.

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

Cole McConchie and Troy Johnson were both denied the chance to complete a double-century on Monday.