The hunt for a rogue stoat on the loose in Kapiti Island nature reserve for over three months could be over after one was found in a trap today, the Department of Conservation says.
A small commuter aircraft carrying 12 people crashed and flipped on its back on Thursday while trying to land in heavy fog at Cork Airport in southwest Ireland, killing six people in the first crash of its kind in Irish history, the police and government said.
Parts of Victoria have copped another drenching, with a dozen homes in the state's north and others in Melbourne damaged by wind and hail.
Broadcaster Paul Holmes' daughter Millie Elder is defending drugs charges against her in Auckland District Court today.
New Zealand golfer Mark Brown has continued his middling start to the new European Tour season.
A 34-year-old man has been arrested over a ramraid on a Manawatu service station in which cigarettes and tobacco worth about $10,000 were stolen.
Two men charged with illegally marrying a man and woman in 2006 have been ordered to make reparations to the couple.
The Bay of Plenty Regional council has closed a sea wall from which a woman fell to her death this month pending a police investigation.
Team New Zealand, with the Med Cup yachting title already secured, have their work cut out to finish the season off with a flourish by winning the final event in Italy.
A man who raped two teenage schoolgirls, one after the other, in a Palmerston North lodging house two years ago was today jailed for 10 years.
Tournament organisers say top-ranked Serena Williams has pulled out of this month's Pan Pacific Open as she continues her recovery from surgery on her right foot.
Motorists in the central North Island are being urged to drive with care following two slips on State Highway 1 near Taihape today.
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund's 60 percent exposure to global equities has cost it in August, helping produce a $230 million loss in the month.
