Wellington City Council has admitted the results of resurfacing were not up to standard, but six months on the stones are still flying.

Waikato District Health Board and the Minister of Health cannot rule out the possibility medical files have fallen into the wrong hands after last week's cyber attack.

Hayden Winter suffered a fractured skull and brain bleed in a late-night assault. The accused man's club says it "does not condone violence of any nature".

“A couple of us happened to be looking out ... and we both turned and looked at each other and said: that looks like a boat upside down.”

The redeveloped was facility was designed to be ability inclusive, and features accessible areas for people with limited mobility, or in a wheelchairs.

A months-long dispute between neighbours over loud music being played ''into the wee hours'' led to a man being stabbed to death, a jury has heard.

The family of a mother and two children who escaped an early morning house fire in Timaru have praised smoke alarms for saving their lives.

Police will allege the man was shot during an altercation with the owner of the home he had broken into.

Thirty pallets of frozen and chilled food and 19 pallets of dairy products have gone to charity after a fire started in an Auckland snack aisle.

A woman has died after her car was engulfed in fire on the side of a Wellington motorway, as passers-by stopped to help.

It was thrown together in less than 24 hours. Now the group behind Wellington's newest unauthorised bike lane are defying demands to remove it.

The two widows of men killed in a 2013 Southland crash are grateful that the driver has finally been exonerated.

An eight-year litigation saga of a secret daughter laying claim to her estranged Taranaki father’s estate has presented before the court again as the woman and her half-siblings battle over costs.

Mount Maunganui and Moturiki/ Leisure Island have been closed overnight due to high tides.

Some Christchurch residents got a surprise early warning before an earthquake shook them at lunchtime on Monday.

When police and health authorities failed to object, residents took matters into their own hands.

Police seized assets worth $5m and discovered an underground bunker they allege contained drugs and guns at Wild West-themed Cowboy Paradise.

The driver’s licence of Invercargill mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt has been suspended, the transport agency has confirmed.

Defeated Samoa leader gives blistering speech as he refuses to relinquish power, defying a Supreme Court ruling which gives election victory to FAST party, and a first woman PM.

Four people from the same family in Melbourne have now tested positive and one went to a busy shopping centre in the Australian city.