The Valkyrie Fountain, created by English sculptor Gilbert Bayes in the early 1900s, has been targetted by vandals in Auckland Domain.

The signwriter from Lithuania was awarded compensation after an extended disciplinary process that left him “emotionally dead”.

Aimee Hiini took her two-year old labrador to The Groynes Dog Park most days. On Wednesday, after a walk there, he died.

No sooner had investors ploughed $337,000 into his merino-lined jeans startup, than Felix Watkins was spending the money on a $49,000 1966 Ford Mustang.

Outgoing mayor K Gurunathan on his life, and literally sacrificing skin tone for the chains.

Two Invercargill men are scratching their heads after one of the cars parked on their front lawn caught alight in the early hours of the morning.

The scaffolding collapsed from The Sentinel tower in Takapuna, smashing glass awnings on its way down and penetrating roofs of nearby shops.

A New Plymouth couple is left paying the mortgage but with no house after it was demolished when it started sinking, and a new one couldn't be built in its place.

Miles from civilisation and trapped under a digger, Thomas Orr watched the blood draining from his body while he waited for help.

A helicopter was seen circling over the suburbs of Dinsdale and Frankton while streets were cordoned off by armed police.

Architect of controversial interviewing method had intimate oversight of its use in case where false confession extracted from murder suspect.

An RSV treatment is now funded for more high-risk babies, but some parents of preemies who aren't eligible are in self-imposed isolation out of fear.

Auckland Transport is cutting back 13 eastern routes, as unions say there are 200 driver vacancies.

Part of State Highway 2 has been closed and diversions put in place.

There has been an outbreak of monkeypox overseas, starting with a confirmed case in the United Kingdom.

MetService is warning of strong winds and dangerous swells that are set to batter parts of the country over the weekend.

The pair allegedly abused a woman at a private stables during Cup and Show Week in Canterbury last year.

Transpower says a magpie was the cause of a major power cut this morning, but power should be restored by mid-morning.

The majority of the tremors were not felt locally with only two being over magitude three