Farms across Southland and Clutha are beginning to assess the full scale of the damage of Thursday's storm.

Maths education experts say recent changes to the maths curriculum "seem more political than educational".

Three supermarkets are trailing facial recognition to help identify people that have previously acted violent or threatening in store.

Many say they cannot work and worry they are being "dumped as a way to save money".

Some properties will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to fixl and could take as long as a year to get sorted out.

A person has been seriously injured after trapped by a bullbar at an address in Paremoremo.

PowerNet says 3900 customers are without power in Southland and 1700 in South Otago.

Parents and caregivers of Wellington high school students are worried by an outbreak of measles, with thousands of close contacts identified and students in isolation.

Gloriavale's leader says members worked to support a communal ethos, but they say the commune's labour structure was "a sweat shop".

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The storm tore up fenceposts and trees on Cam Nelson's farm, allowing stock to wander off.

Three people taken to Middlemore Hospital, one in a serious condition.

Suzanne Young believes Ross Appelgren murdered her husband, but doesn't think she's had the whole story:

For the seventh year in a row this name has taken out the top spot for cats and dogs.

Tristan Oakes, died in hospital after being shot in his home.

The crash had blocked southbound lanes of State Highway 1 north of Christchurch.