Nineteen-month-old Harvey is recovering in Starship Hospital after the crash that claimed the life of his father, Private Tristan McQueen.

Whakaari owners 'still unclear what the case against them is', claim lawyers seeking to have their post eruption charges tossed out.

Temperatures are expected to stay low on Thursday night, but things will warm up heading into the weekend.

"Muck around and find out," says a union spokesperson, following a half-day of strike action that hasn't yet seen universities come to the table with offers for better pay.

Bonita Nuttall was in Florida to see her parents for the first time in five years when a deadly hurricane struck.

Fuelled by a cocktail of drugs and anger, Christopher Patterson felt ''old insanities returning” before killing a 19-year-old and dumping his body in a river in 2008.

Community cases of monkeypox have been detected in New Zealand for the first time, Te Whatu Ora (Health New Zealand) has announced. Both are isolating in Auckland.

The judge said without knowing the market value of the five paintings he could not be sure the Labour Party benefitted.

A "full review" is under way after a person was assaulted and seriously injured, requiring hospitalisation, at an Auckland clinic.

Hendrix Rawiri Jury​, 27, was wanted by police after a man was shot in both legs in the Christchurch suburb of Linwood.

The seizure was part of an armed raid targetting the Headhunters gang.

Paroled after a lengthy jail term for his rapes and assaults of three women, a Taranaki man's behaviour is under the spotlight after he broke curfew for casual sex.

Michael Hill jewellery stores are beefing up security again after multiple robberies and ram raids.

A violent mobster who on the run from prison, armed with a shotgun was shot at nine times by police, including from a moving patrol car.

A woman who had to wait three weeks to see her doctor after contracting the flu says such delays have become far too common for many south Aucklanders.

Waiheke passengers will feel the pressure more than others having been left out of a contract with Auckland Transport.

The $95,750 fine dished out to the "highly reckless" Taranaki farmer Colin Boyd doesn't even cover the $140k staff costs related to preparing a case against him, let alone the legal costs.

Nelson playwright Penny Taylor has turned the real-life story of a Nelson murder – and mysterious events surrounding it – into a melodrama.

Mackenzie’s two mayoral candidates will not be drawn on whether they think they can win the district's top job come Saturday.

The 24-year-old was jailed for 11 charges, including some relating to a Kmart robbery where staff were attacked and stabbed with metal tongs.