Four people have been injured in a crash in the Manawatu. One person sustained moderate injuries and…

In New Zealand, motorcyclists must be on the lookout for other vehicles, wandering farm animals and the occasional possum…

Nominations have opened for next year's New Zealander of the Year Awards. The awards are given for outstanding service…

New Zealand's trade relationship with China is a victim of its own success and more work needs to be done, Trade Minister…

1. Fran O'Sullivan: More professionalism needed with China (85 comments)

The first-ever survey of council-run public toilets has produced some grubby findings. Researchers…

Otago is next in line for a prolonged spell of wet weather, and farmers are being encouraged to shift stock and equipment…

A severe weather warning has been issued for the Bay of Plenty, Nelson, Marlborough, Canterbury, Otago and Westland regions…

Imposters are cloning New Zealanders' Facebook profiles and winning over their friends before trying to con them out of…

A woman this week accused of blackmailing CYF became outraged when she learned a convicted killer was getting custody of…

A mother's fight for justice over the death of her autistic son will go to the Health and Disability…

1. Fire sequel stuns mums

In a landmark court decision, a blogger has been ordered to remove dozens of posts and comments from her website and issued…

1. Vietnamese blogger arrested for criticising government

Taxi cameras were made mandatory in August 2011, after the murder of Auckland taxi driver Hiren Mohini the previous year. Prior…

The parents of a New Zealand man killed when he was pushed out of the second-storey window of a Perth pub fear having to…

An American doctor continues to work in Tauranga Hospital's emergency department as more revelations of past police and…

1. US fraud conviction by coercion, physician claims

Fieldays, New Zealand's largest agricultural fair, finished yesterday with 125,127 visitors attending…

1. Golden Pliers pulled at Fieldays

A Kiwi soldier shot by his own side in Afghanistan is calling for a public inquiry into the firefight that killed two Kiwi…

"We were unprepared. We lacked command and control, which led to many things going wrong. We rushed into the task unnecessarily…

1. video Video of fatal military attack (3:31)

Hundreds of faulty security cameras have been installed in cabs across New Zealand, leading to sexual and violent attacks…

Convicted fraudster Tracy Hibberd will not appeal her conviction or sentence. Hibberd, 35, is serving an eight-month home-detention…

Mark Lundy's last-ditch attempt to clear his name begins tomorrow night (NZ time) when his appeal against…

1. Ex-cop takes Lundy case

It is just after 8 o'clock on Friday night and Lee Mohr is doubled up in pain, alone at a bus stop outside Middlemore Hospital…

For nearly 20 years, solo mum Ginny Walker has had to keep a watchful eye on her son Jarrod, almost 24 hours a day.

1. Greens: National the political extremists

One of Georgie Pie's founding fathers says his contribution to the reheated fast-food favourite has been left in the back…

1. video Georgie Pie's return unwraps history (2:15)

In an unprecedented peek behind the closed doors of NZ's hospital wards, a junior doctor reveals the delays, duplication…

Early childhood teachers are being asked to take pay cuts, slash hours and even quit while parents face…

1. Viral illness hits childcare centres

Sports betting laws should be overhauled to curb a growing number of addicts, say anti-gambling campaigners.

1. Australia to end live betting odds during sports

Another three Glen Innes state houses cleared out this week. Is this just an attempt to shift vulnerable people out of lucrative…

1. Nostalgia, motherhood and Georgie Pie

It was 1995, and as Nelson Mandela raised his cap at jam-packed Ellis Park, the Johannesburg crowd rose in a deafening…

1. video Mandela fondly remembered in home village (1:58)

If you expect a bargain from pop-up shops, you might be out of luck. Pop-up shops have become popular over recent years…

1. Marked rise in heat pump use

An email claiming to have been sent to McDonald's customers invites people to enter a fake competition…

1. Scam Watch - June 9

The tragic self-immolation of Dunne destroyed in a twinkle his life work's reputation, writes Matt McCarten. "Don't even…

1. Matt McCarten: Wily Winston strikes fatal blow (109 comments)

1. Bernard Hickey: Blind spot on our economic highway (75 comments)

1. Editorial: Change on sidelines takes time (4 comments)

Prisoners are being put to work fixing earthquake-damaged…

1. More than 7000 could be homeless in Chch

A long-awaited threat management plan for Maui's dolphins is to be announced next month - but one MP…

1. video NZ Maui's dolphins face extinction (0:52)

A group of Australian army officers in an internet sex scandal circulated videos and photos of naked women, challenging…

The University of Auckland is about to shake up the neighbourhood when staff and students move into…

1. Uni to start demolishing brewery in June

Each week Rachel Grunwell tries a new sport to bring you the lowdown

1. Flying with yoga

John writes: "My lovely wife Polly is always losing her mobile, and as she doesn't get a lot of calls, is not overly familiar…

1. Room with multi-task potential (16 comments)

Liz Light visits Ruatahuna, deep in Te Urewera National Park, the setting for the latest New Zealand film, White Lies.

1. Opotiki: A wild welcome