'Mum was just gutted. It's pretty scary, because there's a lot of taonga here.'

Street violence allegedly stemmed from conflict between Black Power and Mongrel Mob gangs.

Richard West has the mammoth task of re-homing about 20,000 books by end of the month.

Firefighters from Willowbank were called to Castle St at 10.55pm.

The violence erupted about 1am on Stuart St outside Macs Brew Bar and resulted in arrests.

Brace yourself, New Zealand, few places will be dry by Sunday evening.

An explosion was heard at the cordon shortly after 9.30am.

The man, 23, is charged with possessing the 'objectionable publication'.

Thief's haul included pregnancy vitamins, spectacles and 'personal groomer'.

Caught with his pants down in library he claimed 'I wasn't going to go all the way'.

Michael Herzog's contraption has confounded police and he was stopped 15 times one week.

Nine year old music prodigy passes tertiary qualification.

A man who was conscious and able to walk after he was hit by a car has died in hospital.

Some conversations were so graphic, court documents had to be redacted.

The driver and passenger managed to escape unharmed and called police.

Schools can charge for camps and still get a $150 grant.

Driver was lucky to escape injury when their truck "slid on cow poo" and rolled off road.

Melanie Hedley avoided prison "by the finest of margins", the judge said.

The criminologist says 'people have to live somewhere'.

The Dunedin man was linked to the Tribesmen MC when sourcing ecstasy online.

Crash driver's blood test for meth exceeded maximum level the test could handle.

Victim spent the next year struggling to sleep and considering self-harm.

The mystery of Dunedin's aquatic visitor has been solved.

Over eight months e-scooters have costed tax-payers nearly $3m in ACC injury claims.

On New Year's Eve he hit a woman with a bottle and slapped her to the ground.

Lights, snow, action.

Result would be devastating for the community.

He used knives, spade to kill woman while her daughter, 2, was in the next room.

Call to his probation officer ended in 'full rage'. A month later, he lost his cool again.

At -25.6C, New Zealand's coldest day, in 1903, caused frostbite and burst bottles.