William Burr was indicating that he cut the burglar's finger off inside his King Country home as proof, to let everyone know, paramedic tells court.

Dwayne Morehu used meth money to run his stockcar. He is now using speedway to stop youth going down the same path.

The Racing Integrity Board is looking into John McInerney after dogs from his 191-strong kennel showed up to a rehoming centre with injuries.

OPINION: Unlike its predecessors, it's unlikely to make Kiwis cringe. But some might find its sustainability focus a little hard to stomach.

Dolls displayed in a Northland clinic are symptomatic of society's misogynist view of menopause, a health advocate says.

Worried friends of Elizabeth Zhong were concerned when she didn't answer her phone before then finding blood spots on her bedroom wall.

Amrit pal Singh woke to find a house collapsing around him and a wrecked car just metres from his bed.

Topsy Rule just wants Sumner's flagpole back, but the city council is refusing to resurrect it because of fears the community might offend China by flying "sensitive flags".

Lacey Owen was a surrogate for her friends. She tells her story and explains some bizarre legal quirks.

The veteran politician will be fronting a new show as part of the launch of Stuff’s new audio division.

The coronial inquiry will look at whether the gunman acted alone, and whether a direct link can be drawn between him obtaining his firearms licence and the massacre.

Investigations are underway to see if a bollard installed for “people’s safety” was in place when a car left the road and plunged into the Waitara River.

A review into the New Zealand Broadcasting School clears tutors, but finds widespread bullying and harassment among students.

Pact will encourage Māori students into health careers, with benefits for Māori health.

A south Auckland woman says an announcement this week of a special taskforce to address DHB waiting lists is too little, too late.

Michael Wood has accused Business NZ of peddling misinformation in the lobby’s campaign against Fair Pay Agreements.

Two people were injured after two vans collided nose to tail on State Highway 3, north of New Plymouth.

Traffic throughout Auckland has begun to congest as peak-hour arrives.

Chelsea Ayers, who died in a car crash on the West Coast, will be remembered for her “contagious smile and sarcastic outbursts”, her friend says.

The usually wet Fiordland was so dry this summer, Transpower feared water levels at Lake Manapouri would drop too low to generate power from the hydro station.