A driver travelled the wrong way for about 10 kilometres before colliding with an oncoming car in a crash which killed both occupants and left two critically injured on the Wellington Urban Motorway.

The immigration adviser's bad advice led to a family's residence application being rejected.

The owner of a Riverton sawmill credits the fast work of volunteer fire brigades in bringing a fire under control very quickly on Tuesday night at his business.

Sandy Jones' neighbour kicked a door in frantically trying to find her as the house burned before discovering she was away for the weekend.

Fire crews will fight any blazes in Christchurch “aggressively” as dry conditions lead to an increased number of fires in the Port Hills.

A former police officer who faked community service reports is sentenced to home detention.

The armed offenders squad responded to a “serious incident'’ in East Gore, with nearby businesses going into lockdown.

Up to $180,000 worth of jewellery was allegedly taken in the incident at Botany jewellers'.

Diversion is usually granted when no violence has been used in a crime. For one Kaikōura man accused of repeatedly stabbing a baby seal, this doesn't appear to be the case.

FENZ investigators say the fire was accidental, but couldn't release information into what caused it.

Motorcycles and 4WD vehicles have been caught on camera speeding through a nesting colony of critically endangered black-billed gulls.

Being locked up for four months appeared to have changed Sid Te Wake Lambert’s attitude, a judge commented in court.

A teenager has died following a crash between a truck and cyclist in Papamoa Beach.

Air-conditioning units in managed isolation and quarantine facilities could pose a Covid-19 cross-contamination risk, experts say.

An Invercargill man running a "sophisticated" cannabis growing operation enjoyed working with the plant, the money was just a bonus.

The two people found dead at Hāwera property in a suspected double homicide early Monday morning were a father and son.

A couple who were rescued off Dusky Track were seasoned trampers and well prepared.

Locals have been flocking to the property's open homes, including people who remember posting letters there in the 1960s.

Rain has pelted the west coast of the South Island and now the central part of the country is experiencing gale force winds.

A Taranaki man accused of rape betrayed the trust of a friend, a jury has been told.