A hero tradie who rescued a woman from an alleged carjacking has been told he won't walk again for at least three months after being run over.

Baby Poseidyn Pickering's head injuries were similar to those seen in high-speed car crashes, expert says.

The one thing that survived a fire which destroyed a Taranaki family’s home was the one that mattered most – their firstborn son’s urn.

NZ faced the prospect of a major power cut on a frosty winter morning. The news was not welcome, but not entirely unexpected.

The outgoing Labour MP had Parliament in stitches as he reflected on his time in politics, and that $500 bet repaid - but not adjusted for inflation.

A knife used in a gruesome attack in Wellington went through the plates of the victim's skull, narrowly missing the brain, severed an artery and into an eardrum.

One person has died and four others are injured following a two-vehicle crash near Clough Rd in Kaitaia.

Unwilling to charge diners $30 for an Eggs Benedict, Sam Mannering has swapped salmon out of the menu.

The 73-year-old's death has been referred to the Coroner after he was found in his Wellington doorway by the responding ambulance crew.

After several months of being closed, the front lawn of Parliament and its grounds are now officially reopened.

Annabell Tumanako was last seen alive leaving her home on June 23, 2007 – a “long time to hold on to a secret”, the detective running the case says.

It was standing room only at a public meeting where Hutt locals were offered assurances about healthcare, as the fate of a quake-prone hospital block remains uncertain.

Plans to build six-storey developments along the Johnsonville train line, and a 15 minute walking radius from the Wellington CBD, were softened or removed entirely.

A 'quirky' German who was a brilliant engineer and an honourable man, Matthias Kerkmann's love of climbing took him all over the world.

Police swooped in two separate operations across Northland, uncovering guns, class A drugs and stolen property.

Peter made her (yes, her) home at a central city construction site and was so friendly she ate out of human hands, but needed a safer place to live.

A light festival telling Ngāi Tahu creation stories and Māori legends is at the heart of Matariki celebrations as the city marks the public holiday for the first time.

"I thought getting married would cure my loneliness ... it didn’t."

Elderly and confused, a Palmerston North Hospital ED patient walks out after waiting 18 hours and collapses.

It took long hours, a lot of coffee and a few ghost stories over four years to strengthen and refurbish the 110-year-old Wellington landmark.