A former high-profile principal says he will defend dozens of charges against him that include money-laundering, false accounting and fraud.

A man who disturbed burglars was attacked and left with head injuries and an officer injured when he later tried to arrest a suspect.

As a chef and consumer, my stance has always been to support New Zealand products where possible.

Air New Zealand is trying to trace a passenger seen talking on his cellphone during a domestic flight, who allegedly claimed he had been given permission.

Cooking demonstrations, fish filleting and mussel opening competitions are part of the fun at the Tauranga Moana Seafood Festival.

Distraught family of slain Matamata mother Helen Meads say they are relieved her husband has been found guilty of her murder.

A jury took just three hours to find Waikato horse breeder Greg Meads guilty of murdering his wife, in the Hamilton High Court has this afternoon.