State Highway 1 has re-opened after a two-car smash in Hikurangi, a settlement 17km north of Whangārei.

Coastguard helped retrieved the body after reports that a man had gone into the water and did not resurface.

After rolling his car on a rural Waikato road about 3am, a man in his 20s spent six hours injured and alone before a passer-by stopped to help.

Residents in Christchurch’s west are being asked to conserve water due to an issue with a pump station.

Māori say casual, institutional racism is rife in health boards. DHBs are responding with targets to do better.

A stroke of luck led a struggling 11-year-old swimmer to safety - 15 others haven't been so lucky in the Waikato River's "wild" waters.

Three people have been injured, including one seriously, in two separate crashes near Queenstown.

All flights were suspended at Gisborne airport on Friday aftenoon, with returning Rhythm and Vines festival goers camping and out at police cordons.

Kelvin Davis says it would be inappropriate to intervene in protest, as Corrections says surrendering prisoner was assaulted by other inmates.

Search and Rescue volunteers searching for Fletcher Wong, 19, missing from the Rhythm and Vines festival, have found his body.

She has been charged with assault with a weapon in relation to the death of Simon Littlefair.

Armed police have raided the South Island headquarters of international bikie gang the Mongols MC as they search for Kane Wayman's killer.

On the first day of 2021, campers at Monkey Island were woken up to the sound of rain and the sight of dolphins.

Laura Douglas has embraced the idea that opportunity comes from uncertainty after her Kingston-based tourism business collapsed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Carey Mulligan pulls double duty, while Mads Mikkelsen hits the bottle and Kiwi music legends go under the microscope in flicks headed our way.

A riot at a prison is escalating, with inmates constructing makeshift weapons and raiding an equipment room for armour and batons.

Mob of out-of-control teens who smashed a cafe roof, looted the freezer and destroyed picnic tables look set to face prosecution.

Seen as a "poisoned chalice" by some, Canterbury's new health boss says the role is a "wonderful opportunity".

Simon Yates was on holiday when he heard about the Tuatapare Sports Day, and then he surprised everyone by winning the sprint race on a mountainbike.

Though thunderstorms that are not severe are still forecast to hit parts of Mid-Canterbury on Friday evening.