Buckets of rain, large hail, surface flooding and a tornado battered Wellington yesterday.

This Upper Hutt mum turned her life around for her daughter.

The woman strenuously denied the allegations, saying she only slapped the girls.

The winner said he screamed for joy before falling to his knees and crying.

Father of five mourned after alleged Upper Hutt murder.

Police responded after a person was reported seriously injured at an Akatarawa Rd address.

The principal of Ōmāhu School wrote a song in te reo about Cyclone Gabrielle to share.

The woman flatly denied beating the girls with wooden rods, a chair and a dog collar.

The girl suffered an "ugly" head wound after one of the alleged incidents.

The national indoor cricket tournament will be played in Auckland from Friday-Sunday.

There were so many laughs, you could almost forget the dramatic backdrop to this campaign.

From shoplifting to weightlifting? More to 'boot camps' than imagined, National says.

Police also keen to hear from anyone who may have dashcam or CCTV footage.

A “heavy police presence” is in the area while officers attempt to resolve the incident.

Three youths were seen near the club and leaving the scene at the time of the fire.

The couple said they were holding the dog when woman approached to pat it without asking.

The elderly woman with dementia was left to fend for herself after dog attack.

Warehouse says it is not selling puberty blockers or any prescription medicines.

A pool of what the worker thought was water began to eat away at his skin.

Brody Gray's dangerous driving led to a crash and then an attempted carjacking.

Victims said they suffered significantly as a result of Manu Anae's work.

Its chief executive said the delay in dealing with complaints was 'unacceptable'.

The woman was walking on Fergusson Drive yesterday when she felt a sharp pain in her face.

The children are aged, 4, 6 and 8.

Hipkins will become Prime Minister once Jacinda Ardern formally resigns the post.