A person has died and another is seriously hurt after a crash in the Bay of Plenty community.

Dominant second half from Silver Ferns puts them in commanding position to retain the Constellation Cup over trans-Tasman rivals.

Hosts take a five-goal advantage into the final quarter in Tauranga and never give their trans-Tasman rivals a chance.

A Scorsese classic, the most successful Western of the 1980s and a pair of Witches are among the movies you've only got a couple of weeks to catch.

REVIEW: While not a completely satisfying whole, this offers up an enlightening, frightening series of moments, arrogance and disastrous decision-making.

There's still one week of skiing left at Canterbury's biggest skifield, allowing holiday-makers to have fun in the snow over Labour Weekend.

Inspired by the individual performance of the tournament so far by prop Siteri Rasolea, they snatched victory from the jaws of defeat with a late try.

Stepping out to Eden Park for the Rugby World Cup was a special day for Kolora Lomani, knowing she and her team had made history.

South Africa had it won with a late penalty before Fiji swept back to score on the fulltime siren in a pool C cliffhanger.

After dropping to 13 players, coach says the Black Ferns won't win the World Cup unless they improve in areas which the Welsh forwards exploited.

A man has been arrested and will appear in court on Monday after allegedly fatallly stabbing a man on Saturday in Dunedin.

"Zero carbon" Abel Tasman tourism operations fund conservation efforts around a launchpad for tours into the park.

More than 150 former employees reconnected, 25 years after site closed its doors.

The 11 elected members will be sworn in later this month

Wellington Phoenix scored from a corner with two minutes to play to salvage a point against Central Coast Mariners.

About 1000 rainbow trout were released into Hokowhitu Lagoon although when Stuff attended, those trout were allexpertly dodging the bait.

OPINION: The Black Ferns demolish Wales in their second Rugby World Cup game and give coach Wayne Smith some more selection headaches.

The Government has been urged to impose a moratorium on waste-to-energy plants, which would include the one planned for Waimate.

Portia Woodman turns in a starring role for the Black Ferns in big win over Wales as they clinch their spot in Rugby World Cup quarterfinals.

Teams from the central and lower North Island converge on Palmerston North for a weekend of festive competition.