Christchurch mayor Bob Parker doesn't pull any punches in a personal account of the earthquakes that rocked his city.

'Heaven knows what the offenders were planning to do with their loot.' Police were surprised at one of the items taken in a Halloween burglary.

The crime-fighting success of residents in Hamilton's Fairview Downs earned praise from the police, and one resident says he hopes the story inspires others to do the same.

Police are crediting members of a Hamilton community with the arrest of four burglars who were caught after being chased by neighbours, including one on a push bike.

Two ring-tailed lemur babies have been born to mother Yetta at Hamilton Zoo.

Sports writer Dan Coyle tells Phil Taylor about his long battle to cut through the PR myths surrounding Lance Armstrong and organised doping in cycling.

Police are investigating the death of a five-month-old baby girl in Hamilton yesterday.