Six youth wing offenders spent nearly 24 hours barricaded on the roof of Hawke's Bay Prison – a sign they were “pushed to the edge”, advocates say.

The 31m2 locker fetched nearly as much as an apartment in the Silo building, with the price "a shocker for everyone in the auction room".

A musical memorial service with songs and stories will celebrate the life of the popular singer and songwriter.

His organic mini-farm lifestyle plans were halted by fearful land sellers. A judge hopes they can still be good neighbours.

With 10 years' experience as a downhill skateboarder, Zak Mills-Goodwin took a look at Baldwin St and thought it looked "doable". But he warns novices should steer clear.

A woman who recently buried a loved one was distraught after hoons ripped up grass and drove over a grave.

House sales in Auckland continue to plummet, and are now down 50.5% on the same time last year, new Barfoot & Thompson figures show.

Gerry Brownlee lost his Ilam seat in 2020 to the Labour Party after holding it for National since 1996.

The four remaining inmates who were digging in after nearly 24 hours on a Hawke's Bay Regional Prison rooftop are back in custody.

Revenue Minister David Parker says about 1% of all payments may have been to people who were not actually eligible.

Walker, who was raised in Waitara, Taranaki, was airlifted after the fall at Pakenham jumpouts in Victoria

While there was a lot of pomp and ceremony, the short trip also covered serious issues which Samoa, New Zealand and the wider Pacific face.

“It’s meant to be enjoyable and if we are doing things that make it unenjoyable and exclusive then we have to change what we’re doing.”

Reni Wereta-Gargiulo was named the Supreme Award winner on Friday and by Saturday she was back at work.

National’s new MP for Tauranga, Sam Uffindell, used his maiden speech in parliament to reaffirm his pledge to tackle what he calls “prevalent” gang convoys on the city’s roads.

Two helicopters were sent to the scene of the crash on Ardgowan Road.

“Sometimes, when I need some wisdom, I can hear her in my head," musician Jacinta Kerepeti says of her great-grandmother Dame Whina Cooper.

Elizabeth Zhong had a successful career. But by late 2020, she had racked up $200,000 in slot machine losses and was in fear for her life.

"What goes around, comes around" says a judge when finding for a friend who was left a house by an elderly man who won a $1 million Bonus Bonds draw.

Seven months ago, a rain-triggered slip cut off their remote bay for over a month. Now damage caused by a wet July has local farmers concerned once again.