Tame Iti and his colleagues weren't the only ones on trial for the past five weeks. The terrorism claims in the still-unresolved Urewera case have revealed deep divisions over Maori and Pakeha

A claim the East Coast could become "the Texas of the south" is an overstatement, a local oil exploration expert says.

Jamie Morton and Alan Gibson arrive at the North Island's most easterly point.

Canadian oil company Apache has been talking up the prospects for onshore oil finds on the North Island's East Coast and is trying to play concerns about fracking and the local environment.

The uncle of a drowned toddler asks if the tragedy would have occurred if the local council was pushed harder to erect a fence.

We've rounded up some of the best events happening all over the country this long weekend.

A tornado has devastated a farming station near Gisborne, taking out sheds and injuring at least one farm dog believed to have been picked up and dumped. Craig Ferris "huddled in a ball" in the corner of his carport...

There's nothing quite like a weekend of incredible food and wine to wash away the blues.