A Napier antique shop owner is blaming the high price of silver, after an overnight burglary at her store between Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

A dairy big cream spill on Waikato roads has prompted warnings to motorists, and a flurry of puns.

The jet skier went missing in the water off Port Waikato on Christmas Day with two others who were rescued.

Domestic violence experts warn they are seeing an alarming increase in abusive partners stalking their exes using mini tracking devices.

A body has been found after the police helicopter joined a search for a person washed away by the surf.

Public water safety warnings have been issued for swimmers for Wellington's south coast and Lower Hutt swimming spots, due to pollution from wastewater.

Nearly half of Kiwis get something they don't want, data shows.

More thunderstorm warnings have been issued.

Strategy was the key, one shopper said, while NZTA advised people to plan ahead, and allow extra time for traffic.

A man is due to appear in court on Friday.

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Lorin Clarke's conversations with her father, John Clarke, just a year before his death, have become the backbone of a documentary which reveals the man behind the iconic public persona.

Bargain hunters have started their Boxing Day shopping early to avoid crowds and traffic.

Whether it was surviving on rotten octopus, traversing the world in a catamaran or getting pooed on by a massive whale, the characters we met this year had good yarns to share.

It measured 4.7 and struck 10 km southwest of Pongaroa at a depth of 17km.

The sighting is only the second confirmed in the area in the last 100 years.

The multibillion-dollar project was scrapped by the coalition in early 2024.