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Police seek witness to fatal motorbike crash

A motorbike collided with a car, causing the car to flip.

Firefighters run into burning home looking for person feared trapped

Crews arrived in New Windsor, Auckland, to find house 'well involved' in fire.

Opinion: New Watercare Charter will deliver better deal for Aucklanders

OPINION: The estimated savings will total around $900 million over four years.

Rural homebirth: Midwife returns to tragedy after popping out for lunch

The baby was pronounced stillborn after resuscitation attempts failed.

Christchurch mosque attack hero's assault charge dismissed

Abdul Aziz Wahabzadah's trial was set, but police withdrew the charge.

Roadworks chip away at Napier cars

One driver said they had eight windscreen chips and paint chips all over the bonnet.

20-year ruse uncovered as Bangladeshi couple found guilty of immigration and identity fraud

The real name and date of birth of the man behind the decades-long lie remain a mystery.

Students reportedly injured after car incident outside University of Auckland

Up to five pedestrians are understood to be injured following an incident on Auckland's Symonds St. Video / Michael Craig

‘False sense of security’: Eight children drown in one summer

Coroner calls for better supervision around pools, lakes and rivers.

‘I’ll be waiting for you': Family of shooting victim threaten murder accused in court

Two relatives began yelling at the defendant, with one trying to push towards the dock.

Woman suffers more physical abuse after OT file shown to her child’s father

'Grievous' Oranga Tamariki privacy breaches have been exposed in a new report.

‘We need these young doctors’: Top medical graduate struggles to find job

Marley Joseph, top 2022 medical graduate, can't find a hospital job.

‘Thugs and idiots’: Mayor says town has had ‘a guts full’ after fatal shooting

Two men, aged 23 and 25, are charged with Doreion Hard's death as mum mourns.

Recycling crisis: Overflow, contamination could close waste station

Rubbish dumped at Raetihi's recycling facility includes food waste and animal carcasses.

Man wanted his conviction quashed, saying he was sick, but appeal uncovered a bigger issue

A technical failure in the court resulted in the trial not being recorded or transcribed.

Kea Kids: Omaka Aviation gears up for high-flying Easter show

Reporter Evie is at the Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre where pilots are dusting off these stunningly majestic planes to put on an historic Easter show.

Heating source likely cause of hot tub fire

Firefighters were called to a property in Bulls early on Monday morning.

‘We won’t land bank’: Battle looms as council blocks new home zoning in Warkworth

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown opposes land plan as company heads to court.