When Waikato District Council built a safety fence at Raglan airfield it flew into a storm.

Elizabeth Hodgson wants to finish her degree, but first she needs to find a flat – otherwise she'll be homeless.

Emergency services were called to the scene at a transport depot near Carterton.

West Coast dairy farmers Julie and Phil Routhan took on a rural real estate giant and won in court. But the battle nearly destroyed them.

A slow-growing bump on the side of the highway north of Takaka has become a local spectacle, but it's a sign of a bigger problem.

When his companion took a fall, a man had to uphill until he got cellphone reception.

Eye witness said man was stabbed in the hand and police arrested a suspect.

The young woman says she told Work and Income she felt unsafe in her hostel 36 hours before she was assaulted, but her concerns were ignored.

A stinging judgment from a High Court judge has laid bare the rules that police broke that led to a false confession in the high profile murder case.

A woman who has patches of red, itchy, flaking skin all over her body was devastated when an appointment with a dermatologist was cancelled because the city's sole publicly-funded specialist was no longer working.

Walking along a west coast beach with a sheep on a lead is nothing out of the ordinary for Viv Willis-Steur.

Tara Mclaren is angry the council is refusing to take responsibility for the building spreading asbestos to her home.

There is renewed activity at the protest on Saturday night, with a number of new vehicles appearing to arrive.

A single ticket won Saturday night's draw.

The officers were attended to by paramedics as a precaution, police said in a statement. Meanwhile, an unvaccinated couple got married at the protest site.

Police confirm protesters do not have permission to walk across the bridge, which has now reopened to southbound traffic.

Tents up at New Plymouth occupation site, but it's unclear if protesters will stay the night.

The sole-occupant rececived minor injuries when their plane crash-landed on Saturday afternoon

A community bands together as they mourn the invasion of their country

Children potentially as young as 5 are being apprehended for serious crimes. Experts say school and role models can put them back on track.