When fisheries officers approached, he dumped the suitcases in the water and drove off.

Reuven Gooding is just 19 years old but he has managed to turn a door-knocking car cleaning gig into a full-on commercial business.

Julian Yates was killed when a trailer loaded with glass panels detached from a van and smashed into his vehicle.

Slips and floods have blocked roads, including state highways north of Wellington, as heavy rain envelops much of the country.

A white plastic-like material found on six Coromandel beaches sparked concern but has turned out to be all natural.

Shop owner uses promises of sweets to lure an intellectually disabled girl around the counter before indecently assaulting her.

Aucklanders are set to travel far and wide from Wednesday. Here are the expected hot spots.

Several members of a flight crew who arrived on Monday have been identified as close contacts of an Australian Omicron variant case.

Christchurch could get up to four times its average December rainfall in just 29 hours this week, forcing the city council to prepare for possible flooding.

The woman, a health board employee, was given a Covid-19 vaccination with a needle that had already been used on another person.

Christopher Luxon has won his party an immediate bounce in a poll – but at the expense of ACT, not Labour.

Sam Oliver, who's been busy digging the slide into an Ōhope hillside, reckons old carpet and extending the runway to 140m will do the trick.

The postal service says stocks should be replenished this week, but that could be too late for Christmas card delivery.

A woman, stuck with five children at Wellington Airport after a landing system outage, took the easier option and rented a van to get them home to New Plymouth – a 352km drive.

The three doctors have appealed, but they won't be heard until at least February and until then their practice certificates have been suspended.

Hosting the games could give Christchurch an economic boost of about $35 million.

Bill backed by all parties other than ACT will force councils to allow denser housing.

A pet store, a medical centre, a Four Square and a Turkish restaurant are among new locations of interest listed by the Ministry of Health.

The Government will review the Search and Suveillance Act in the coming year.

A road is blocked, one person is seriously injured, and four others are hurt.