Brendan Manning

The neighbours who helped police catch a man accused of sexually assaulting an elderly woman in her South Auckland home exhibited the "highest tradition of what you would expect from a community response".

New Zealand winemakers could stand to benefit from a global shortage of wine, a new report says.

Texting, reading magazines, eating and applying makeup are among the top 10 driver distractions, according to a new AA Insurance survey.

A new antibiotic to control the kiwifruit vine disease, Psa has been approved by the Environmental Protection Authority.

More than a million New Zealand adults are now obese, according to the 2013 Ministry of Health annual report.

A lawyer accused of overcharging a client by nearly $600,000 was told he saw his former golfing buddy as a "Godsend" who could prop up his allegedly ailing practice.

An Air New Zealand flight from Auckland to Wellington was cancelled this morning after a problem with the aircraft's nose wheel emerged while it was taxiing from the gate to the runway.

A fake plastic gun used in a bank robbery this morning was found discarded with a jacket in a bar toilet near the scene of the crime.