An armed gang member is still at large after a fruitless police search in east Hamilton this morning.

A former All Black has lost another round in a legal battle with the SBS Bank over a million dollar debt on a Coromandel property development.

Police say Colin Rangi Robyn Kiriona is dangerous and should not be approached.

Couples without children are expected to overtake two-parent families as the most common household formation by next year, according to Statistics NZ.

A retired policeman has come forward as the good Samaritan police were seeking in relation to events surrounding the murder of Donald Stewart.

The inmate charged with killing prison guard Jason Palmer has admitted his manslaughter.

Three teenagers have been arrested over the murder of 74-year-old Donald Alfred Stewart in Hamilton last month.

Dave Dobbyn, who celebrated 30 years in music last year, is touring the majestic churches, chapels and cathedrals of New Zealand on the 2010 Classic Hits Acoustic Church Tour.

Police investigating the murder of 74-year-old Donald Alfred Stewart want to find the people who took the man's car from a ditch.

The brother of slain Wellington man Donald Stewart says his family is "shattered and in shock" over the way he died.