Forecasters expect the storm to linger to the middle of next week.

Genetics student Amber Te Tau is grateful for the support she has received from Pūhoro.

Instead of putting it back in the sea, he drove it 45 minutes to Palmerston North.

The couple was rescued seven hours after the initial alarm was raised.

Police were called to the crash on Kimbolton Rd at about 4.15pm.

Teachers arrived to the school this morning to find the damage.

New nurse practitioner wants to help prevent children from being admitted to hospital.

Emergency services from around the district are rushing to help put out the fire.

Trio were doused in petrol and set alight during riot training.

A veterinarian said the cattle at a Manawatū farm would have died slow, painful deaths.

Police are investigating several crashes in which people have been killed overnight.

Nomads prospect stabbed a rival gang member in the face 15 times with a pair of scissors.

The man was locked in a room, threatened with a knife and stabbed with a screwdriver.

A convicted rapist attempted to add his victim on Facebook while awaiting trial.

Opinion: Let's keep the investment flowing until we see whio on every river bend.

Harrison was part of a group that treated a teenage girl as a "sexual plaything".

Adding to the humidity, intense rain is forecast for east from Hawke's Bay to Coromandel.

A man continued to abuse his daughter for a year after confessing to Police.

Two traditional foes start the battle for the Hawke Cup.

More details of the latest cases will be provided at 1pm.

Authorities to work together on cautionary and educational measures

The finalists have been revealed, but who will you vote for as the country's number one?

One body recovered; search continues today for 25-year-old woman

Mum of a basketball star killed in a crash has lost her "absolute world" friends say

Jake McKinlay has been described as a 'young man full of talent and heart'.

Five people in Feilding were evacuated to a St John's Ambulance hall last night.