
Man who took builder's tools now fenced in at home for 7 months
Judge: 'People get really upset when they work hard, buy a chainsaw and it gets stolen.'
Judge: 'People get really upset when they work hard, buy a chainsaw and it gets stolen.'
Bags of weed and cash found after police stop driver for talking on cell phone.
Restricted driver took new car for a spin after drinking, crashed and broke his neck.
Illegal trawling in protected waters an "honest mistake", says judge.
Severe weather caused Maitai River to breach its banks and triggered over 350 landslides.
Auckland man was trying to overtake a truck when he crashed.
The man has now been jailed for "determined, predatory and pre-meditated" violence.
At least three yellow-stickered homes had been burgled in the past week.
Man who killed sheep by running over it with his ute says he's 'not a cruel person'.
A thousand tickets for three months of unlimited travel around New Zealand for $799.
Natural disasters are becoming more common thanks to climate change.
Evacuees are receiving calls to confirm their property assessment.
It has been extended till 2.54 pm on Wednesday August 31.
570 houses had been impacted in last week's deluge.
Cloud and occasional rain is forecast for Nelson.
It's thought the wider recovery would take years.
Fields and paddocks now look more like rivers, and streets resemble streams.
Hundreds of people have been displaced from their homes due to slips and flooding.
A tenant reportedly had a lucky escape after sleepout plunged down a steep slope.
More than 400 homes have had to be evacuated in the Nelson area.
Access to the Nelson home was blocked by a slip with no other way to exit.
Young worker sacked from beauty clinic after raising her anxieties with management.
'We were told we had five minutes to get out.'
Victim struck in the head in 'coward's punch' had no chance to defend himself.
Accomplished academic on home detention for premeditated intimidation of woman.
Man blames brain injury for sex encounter that turned into traumatic incident for woman.
A considerable number of council seats across New Zealand have no candidates.
Man to give all tamariki in state care a pounamu
'To see the memorial damaged in such a senseless way was extremely upsetting ...'
Dispute over performance car marketed as 'project'.