He punched a driver in the face, fracturing his cheekbone and chipping his tooth.

Road snow warnings in the South Island could mean a white Sunday for travellers.

COMMENT: The Government has put ferns before people and snails before work.

The families are waiting for Pike River Minister Andrew Little to give final go-ahead.

Teacher Gayle Jonker says she felt like a "modern-day leper" after HIV status was outed.

Kids were in the house when George "Sean" Warren shot pleading mother dead.

1080 drops are planned in the area

Hopeful Christian died this week, aged 91

Gloriavale: "If you were sorry for our loss, you wouldn't pester us like you do."

An academic is warning that secretive Gloriavale sect could become even more reclusive.

Gloriavale's elders are likely to follow in the footsteps of its founder, expert says.

COMMENT: Gloriavale must "set its face" against sexual abuse.

The leader, aged in his 90s, died after a battle with cancer.

We'll be spared worst of the extreme winds causing havoc in Australia, but it'll be wet.

Māori did not cede sovereignty to the Crown, claims Allistair Patrick Brooker.

George Warren admits shooting Greymouth woman dead inside home where children were.

An incident between neighbours has led to a man being shot and another arrested.

Jordan Leslie Simpson told the court that he wants to go to rehab

Local police have called diesel mechanic apprentice Andrew Field's action "heroic"

Ten of the worst: the misery inflicted in New Zealand by rain, wind and snow

Helen Kelly documentary maker claims to have footage of body inside Pike River mine.

Two hunters were rescued on the West Coast, north of Haast, yesterday morning.

The majority of the 38 whales had stranded on a difficult sandbar.

A fine day with relatively warm temperatures is forecast around the country today

Man wanted by police has been identified in connection with a triple fatal police pursuit.

A hunter has been missing in the Fiordland National Park bush since yesterday morning.

Roxburgh Volunteer Fire Brigade paid a heartfelt tribute to their fallen station officer.

Ian Gregory Wells from Roxburgh died after getting into trouble while diving.

They were on an adventure of a lifetime, then in an instant, the unthinkable happened.

A canyoning trip turned to tragedy when woman fell to her death.