A young man left with serious head injuries as he was beaten and robbed in a "classic bit of street thuggery" in Napier yesterday has yielded few clues about his attackers.
Search teams are still optimistic of finding an elderly gold panner who disappeared near a West Coast mine site more than a week ago.
A slight improvement in the Crown accounts is good news but Finance Minister Bill English says ongoing restraint is still vital.
All Black Tanerau Latimer is hopeful of being able to have a hitout before the Super 14 rugby season starts in just over two weeks.
Olympians dominate the nominees for the New Zealand Sports Champion of the Decade award, which will be announced at Halberg Awards dinner in Auckland next week.
Britain has raised its terror threat alert to the second-highest level, one of several recent moves the country has made to increase vigilance against international terrorists after a Christmas Day bombing attempt on a Europe-US flight.
Rescuers in Haiti have found the body of a five-year-old New Zealand girl killed in last week's massive earthquake, in the collapsed hotel where she was staying with her family in Port-au-Prince.
Local authorities today get the first payment of $3 million collected through a waste levy under the Waste Minimisation Act, Environment Minister Nick Smith says.
Business groups are giving the thumbs down to a proposal for a land tax from the Tax Working Group today and are warning against kicking business in the guts with tax changes.
With the Winter Olympics less than a month away, New Zealand is yet to name the team that will represent the country in Vancouver.
Police are attending the scene of a fatal crash on State Highway 99 at Lorneville, 10km north of Invercargill, this afternoon.
The high price of gold appears to have sparked a new rush to mine West Coast alluvial deposits and angst in one community over pollution and noise.
Wanganui Mayor Michael Laws has described as "bizarre and wrong" the decision by at least three district councillors to accept an invitation to visit the Hells Angel gang headquarters in the city.
Far North shearer Matthew Smith today launched himself into the records book with a near perfect effort as he smashed the world eight-hour ewe-shearing record northwest of Napier.
Police have named a mother and child killed when their car and a stock truck collided on the outskirts of Hastings yesterday.
Kiwi-bred sprinter Keano was confirmed for the $1 million Telegraph Handicap at Trentham as connections of fellow Melbourne galloper Lucky Secret decided the trip was too taxing.
Authorities say they have arrested an Arizona woman who traded her 2-year-old daughter for a gun.
Another offensive email from Hone Harawira has been revealed and this one, littered with expletives, caused a commotion in Te Puni Kokiri.
In a powerful demonstation of the power of social media, a campaign to propel a 1992 anti-authoritarian anthem to number one for Christmas has succeeded.
John Key can't sing. That was obvious today, and the prime minister admitted as much after having a brave go on The Edge radio station.
