Herald reporter Beck Vass explores Tongariro National Park, a World Heritage site.

MidCentral District Health Board has released a damning audit report of Palmerston North's Rosa A Lea Rest Home, which it closed last month.

Police have identified a motorcyclist who was killed after a police chase last night ended in a high-speed crash.

Four people, including a child, have been rescued after spending all night clinging for dear life to their capsized dinghy.

Wanganui is to be given its "h" back in a compromise under which Govt agencies will have to follow the new spelling but others will have a choice.

Steven Joyce says the toll on the Transmission Gully route will be no more than $3.

Wellington's mayor lauds a move to proceed with Transmission Gully but her Kapiti counterpart admits to being "extremely disappointed".

The long-awaited Transmission Gully route has been approved as part of a $2.2 billion upgrade of State Highway 1 from Wellington to Levin.

An 11-year-old boy was trapped in a crashed car with his dead grandfather for 20 minutes yesterday.

Blood, fat and discarded pieces of butchered animals were spread 15km on SH2 after a tailgate opened on a truck.

The PM has left the door open for Labour to work with the Government on a solution to the problematic foreshore and seabed law.

Altitude and adventure mingle on this helihike.

A teenager whose night of drinking ended with the death of his best friend in a road crash has been jailed for five years.