The man wasn't provided any training, had no local family or medical support and had told the school's principal about his disorder before he started teaching there.

"I then became relatively successful and then did a lot of stuff with my parents. So, then they became famous off the back of me. So, it's kind of I guess evened it out."

State Highway 1 in Marlborough has now reopened after the crash.

The boy had been missing from his home in Kensington since yesterday morning

Emergency services received reports of the crash near the intersection of Sumnervale Drive and Evans Pass Road about 5:30pm.

A video shows about a dozen people approaching a police car, which then reverses, with people running after it.

The two dogs that attacked and injured three people in Brywndwr yesterday could be euthanised, a councillor says.

Emergency Services were called to Andrew Street about 8.30pm Saturday.

It's the start of a three-stage project to bring daylight back to a section of the Huatoki Stream after almost a century under cover.

Dozens of sound systems seized by noise control officers in New Plymouth are about to go on sale at a charity op shop.

The Hamilton hanger is the upper North Island base for two of Life Flight's air ambulance planes.

Pulp delivered a captivating caper through their back catalogue in Auckland last night.

Enquiries into the crash are ongoing, police say.

Hemi Hemingway's latest is one of the most emotive local releases in recent memory.