'It's a bloody terrible thing ... that was my baby girl,' said distraught dad Daniel Thompson after a driveway tragedy that killed his baby daughter.

Police used dogs, batons, helmets and shields to break up a 200-strong party on Saturday night.

Police are worried that a gunman who held up a woman and 'terrorised' her in her own home, will strike again

There is one surprise among the venues named for the All Blacks home tests against Wales, Ireland and the Tri-Nations.

Wayne Grattan pleads guilty over the Hamilton coolstore explosion which killed one firefighter and injured seven.