A couple and their three children were forced to live in a tent after an immigration consultant took their money and told them they had jobs at a Marlborough vineyard.
A van driver was texting moments before he caused a fatal head-on crash, a coroner has found.
An 18-year-old South Auckland man will appear in court tomorrow for after allegedly posting a video on YouTube in which he claimed explosives were hidden in Government buildings.
Police and security staff are vigilantly patrolling outside Auckland's Middlemore Hospital following a sexual attack.
A "stroppy'' Happy Feet most likely pulled the transmitter off himself, says a former carer.
Firefighters are battling a blaze in a mechanical workshop in West Auckland.
The upper North Island will be ravaged by hundreds of thunderstorms this afternoon.
One person was killed in a crash between a light truck and a car on SH2 in the Bay of Plenty this morning.
A man is in intensive care with head injuries after being assaulted in central Wellington early today.
Five out of six New Zealand universities have dropped further down the rankings in a global survey - but Otago University has bucked the trend by climbing five places.
Two people have been found dead at a Pukehina property in the Western Bay of Plenty.
More people have come forward with tales of being turned away from Work and Income after a homeless young mother and her 4-month-old baby were shut out by the organisation.
Police are on the alert for Rugby World Cup ticket fraud after confiscating a number of tickets already.
A man accused of conspiring to bring several hundred kilograms of methamphetamine into the country allegedly waited at Gulf Harbour for a mysterious boat to dock.
An 8-year-old girl is in critical but stable condition at Auckland's Starship Hospital while police continue with investigations into a bus crash that left 35 children injured yesterday.
The discovery of Wellington man thought to have lain dead in his flat since last year serves as a reminder people should get to know their neighbours, says Age Concern.
Labour would turn dole payments into apprenticeships subsidies to tackle youth unemployment rates, leader Phil Goff said today.
