Outgoing Labour MP shares some anecdotes, final ideas and a few choice words for his colleagues as he signs out from Parliament with his valedictory speech.

The critically injured pedestrian was taken to Dunedin Hospital by St John ambulance, but later died.

It was meant to be a protest against the Government's plan to charge farmers for greenhouse gas emissions, but VFF used the event to push their views.

It's an Agatha Christie-esque mystery two decades in the making, with one lingering question – who is guilt-ridden Dan?

Kamlesh Rana remodelled his home especially so his children and grandchildren could move in. Now they might all have to leave.

Police were sent to Rotorua man Glen Dwyer's door, and he later told them "he loves her".

Shannon Mills sees the aftermath of the teenage crime wave of theft and ramraids in his collision repair shop. Demios, however, are becoming scarcer.

There are now 98,934 people receiving the Jobseeker Work Ready benefit, 13,731 fewer than September last year.

A ute driver rammed two police cars, fled through three small towns and broke into a pub for a “beer and a feed” before his eventual arrest.

The new cases, both identified as community transmission, bring the total number in this outbreak to 27.

Auckland's mayor Wayne Brown says he and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern have "shared goals".

The person was airlifted to Wellington Hospital after the crash last Friday, but has now died.

It should have been another busy day during the Diwali season. Instead, the Singh family is facing an expensive clean-up job after being robbed on Thursday.

Tractors, utes and trucks, numbering in the hundreds, rumble through Palmerston North, protesting against scheme to tax agricultural emissions.

The 38-year-old dealt with a lot of vitriol, and even stopped going to shows as the simple act of walking around town with his son often attracted abuse from strangers.

Auckland Transport expects delays and cancellations as a result.

The trespass notice against Brett Power did not stop him being on the steps outside Parliament, a judge agrees.

A frontline healthcare worker at Middlemore Hospital’s ED says staff continue to work under extreme conditions because Te Whatu Ora has failed to act.

The death of a toddler created a heightened awareness of non-accidental injuries at the hospital he was discharged from ahead of the tragedy, a coroner has heard.

Analysis: The prime minister has dispatched her ministers to Auckland, as the new mayor takes aim at the Government’s biggest infrastructure projects.