Forde Jury, who pulled clumps of hair from his ex-partner's head, given early release.

Aucklanders used 416 million litres of water on Saturday.

The temperature was below 0C when she was found on Saturday night.

Angela Blackmoore was stabbed 39 times in 1995 as young son slept in next room.

With at least eight convictions for drink driving, Otago man lucky to escape jail.

Grim discovery after vehicle crashed into river.

Attendance shows south-to-north pattern: 90 per cent in deep south, 75 per cent in north.

Documentary maker on flight said lockdown-free NZ now has "real edge" for film industry.

Dawson Taiaroa caused havoc during alert level 4, a court has heard.

'It's just a bloody pigeon,' shooter's mother says. 'I don't care what you call it.'

The man also had two knives but was fought off by a disabled person with their walker.

A woman on a cocktail of drugs was potentially 'a lethal weapon', a judge says.

Parents appear evenly split over whether to send their children back to school.

'It's one of those occupations people consider doing when they can't make ends meet.'

'Jailhouse lawyer' Arthur Taylor says lack of support a national problem.

A rescue helicopter will fly the man to hospital.

There were nearly 400,000 foreign nationals here temporarily soon after lockdown.

Wind, rain and mild temperatures today but frosty change coming.

It's going to be wet and windy.

Work and Income killer Russell Tully is refusing food behind bars.

No it wasn't an asteroid. If it was, Queenstown probably wouldn't exist anymore.

He needed help with the gear shift and even asked the victim what kind of fuel it took.

Window of opportunity to head for home in Takapuna ran out quickly on Lou Farrand.

Dunedin Airport will be unable to return to normal in the foreseeable future.

Just 14 active cases in region compared with 101 a few weeks ago.

Officer punched unconscious from behind and then punched a further 20 times.

A Dunedin man will have to wait another three weeks to be sentenced.