National

Former Wellington mayor Dame Kerry Prendergast will have to wait to find out if she’s successfully challenged a $40 parking ticket.

A passenger on an Auckland bus where a woman was stabbed wants the family of the victim to know she did not die alone. A man has been charged with murder.

The Ministry of Health has apologised to the Associate Minister of Health for failing to inform her that one of its officials advising her on tobacco reform had a conflict of interest.

An open home was held at the property at which the Crown alleges Christchurch real estate agent Yanfei Bao was stabbed to death four days after she went missing, a High Court trial has heard.

A Christchurch-based truck driver on his way home after delivering goods thought he would have a few drinks before hitting the road. Seven beers later, he was seen drifting across the highway.

A man rescued after a quad bike rolled on top of him in a remote area of the Far North may have been trapped for more than 24 hours before the alarm was raised by a passing boatie.