Warning: graphic images. Residents are becoming increasingly concerned as unsupervised and aggressive dogs roam the streets.

A Whangārei home destroyed after a speeding car crashed through its roof had been hit three times before by vehicles flying off the same stretch of road, a relative of a former owner says.

An announcement on the government's long-awaited abuse in care compensation scheme is imminent, it is understood.

Paul Joseph Dally, who raped and murdered 13-year-old Karla Cardno in 1989, has again been denied parole.

An Auckland man has admitted prostituting a 14-year-old girl he was in an illegal relationship with, and recruiting her friends to join them.

Capital expenditure - new money set aside in the Budget to maintain or upgrade assets - will be higher than originally forecast when the government delivers its Budget.