An explosion was heard at the cordon shortly after 9.30am.

The man, 23, is charged with possessing the 'objectionable publication'.

Thief's haul included pregnancy vitamins, spectacles and 'personal groomer'.

It's not the first time that Stephen Gardener has been in trouble over lingerie.

Guinness World Records is expected to make a decision next week.

Caught with his pants down in library he claimed 'I wasn't going to go all the way'.

Michael Herzog's contraption has confounded police and he was stopped 15 times one week.

Nine year old music prodigy passes tertiary qualification.

A man who was conscious and able to walk after he was hit by a car has died in hospital.

Schools can charge for camps and still get a $150 grant.

Driver was lucky to escape injury when their truck "slid on cow poo" and rolled off road.

Melanie Hedley avoided prison "by the finest of margins", the judge said.

Diego Marques-Santos is banned from New Zealand and from contacting his victims.

Mob member with history of violence sentenced to two years for vicious assault.

The criminologist says 'people have to live somewhere'.

The Dunedin man was linked to the Tribesmen MC when sourcing ecstasy online.

Crash driver's blood test for meth exceeded maximum level the test could handle.

Victim spent the next year struggling to sleep and considering self-harm.

On New Year's Eve he hit a woman with a bottle and slapped her to the ground.

Lights, snow, action.

Result would be devastating for the community.

He used knives, spade to kill woman while her daughter, 2, was in the next room.

Call to his probation officer ended in 'full rage'. A month later, he lost his cool again.

At -25.6C, New Zealand's coldest day, in 1903, caused frostbite and burst bottles.

Sean Davison was placed under 3-years house arrest for three assisted suicides.

"She's not a criminal ... She's got a severe problem."

A man has been arrested and charged with cruelty to an animal.

Psychotherapist: "Being in prison is unlikely to enable her to access the help she needs."

Complainant was left lying on the floor of the Green Island rugby clubrooms.

In a three-day span Anita Cumming allowed her 71-year-old mother six hours' sleep.