The truck driver's death takes the holiday road toll to five, including three people who died on Christmas Day in separate crashes.

A body was found in a suburban Auckland home after a 38-year-old man handed himself in to police, while armed officers climbed into a second-storey window and rescued five people, including a child.

“If you would like some company or if you don’t have enough to put food on the table, we’ve got plenty to share and you don’t need to tell us anything,” the couple’s invite said.

A property developer who served nine months' home detention for ripping off her co-investors is ordered to make huge pay-out after civil case.

Firefighters will remain overnight at the scene of a massive blaze at Taranaki By-Products Ltd, near Hāwera.

The man and his car, a blue Toyota 2006 RunX hatchback, have been missing since noon on Christmas Day.

Former refugee Deeia Awad got out his clippers on Christmas Day to pay back the kindness New Zealand has shown him.

The secret nuptials had been in the works for just 11 days - and the groom was given half an hour's notice.

The body was located about 5.40pm on Christmas Day by a Coastguard fixed-wing plane, south of Kennedy Bay.

One-year-old cherry trees were ripped from the ground in one of the thefts.

Festival and beach goers are in luck, but spare a thought for West Coasters, where rain is due.

Police confirm the person died at the scene, after they were struck by vehicle just before 10.30pm on Christmas night.

We couldn't have asked for better.

The search for the swimmer, who was reported missing after jumping into the Waimakariri river on Wednesday evening, is likely to resume on Monday.

Visitors to the Mount Maunganui RSA and guests at a south Auckland Christmas party are all close contacts and should be tested immediately.

Two male beachgoers died in separate incidents in Auckland, while a woman has drowned at Waikanae.

In today's dose of positivity, an 88-year-old graduates alongside his granddaughter, a newborn arrives for Christmas and a pilot signs off with "ho, ho, ho".

Just one testing station was open in Taranaki on Christmas Day, but 30 people took the opportunity to use it.

Crustacean-filled 'nintendo goosecube' will likely die in the hot sun, attached to ocean junk.

Shoppers were pouring out of Invercarill stores with “big purchases” on Boxing Day as the sun streamed down on the city.